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Editorial| Volume 132, ISSUE 1, P6-8, July 1998

Drug combinations: From laboratory to practice

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      Abbreviations:

      CI (combination index for quantifying synergism additive effect antagonism), DRI (dose-reduction index), MEP (median-effect principle plot), Isobol (isobologram for equi-effect graphics for two drug doses)
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