title: Treatment for AIDS and other retrovirus-caused diseases.
abstract: The role of retroviruses as causal agents in animal and human neoplasms is reviewed. Based on previous studies done on retrovirus caused mouse mammary adenocarcinoma, it is suggested that a treatment regimen with 6-propylthiouracil, chloroquine phosphate and 5-fluorouracil (which resulted in 77% and 65% complete mouse tumor remission), may be effective in treating AIDS and other retrovirus-caused diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Ashland Community College, University of Kentucky 41101.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C023676:chloroquine diphosphate; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D002738:Chloroquine; D005472:Fluorouracil