Final results of cooperative study of VEPA [vincristine, cyclophosphamide (endoxan), prednisolone and adriamycin] therapy in advanced adult non-hodgkin's lymphoma: Relation between T- or B-cell phenotype and response

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 227-237

  Shimoyama, Masanori ^a   Ichimaru, Michito ^b   Yunoki, Kazuo ^c   Oota, Kazuo ^d   Ogawa, Makoto ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

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