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Levamisole (1-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrahydro-6-phenylimidazo [2, 1-b] -thiazol mono-hydrochloride) is an antihelminthic drug that can modulate immune responses in man both in vivo and in vitro (Tripodi et al., 1973; Pabst and Crawford, 1975; Huskisson et al., 1976; Ivanyi and Lehner, 1977) and in animals (Renoux and Renoux, 1973; Fischer et al., 1975). Enhancement of lymphocyte proliferation in vitro by mitogens or the mixed leucocyte culture reaction has been reported when levamisole was added to lymphocyte cultures (Hadden et al., 1975; Sampson and Lui, 1976).
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Lehner, T., Wilton, J.M.A. (1979). Effect of levamisole in vivo and in vitro on lymphocytes from patients with Behcet’s syndrome and recurrent oral ulceration. In: Turk, J.L., Parker, D. (eds) Drugs and Immune Responsiveness. Biological Council Co-ordinating Committee for Symposia on Drug Action. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04636-2_7
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