Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Brain Tumors Using Intra-Tumoral Transduction with the Thymidine Kinase Gene and Intravenous Ganciclovir

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 39-69

  Oldfield, E H ^a   Ram, Z ^a   Culver, K W ^a   Blaese, R M ^a   DeVroom, H L ^a   Anderson, W F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GANCICLOVIR; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0027548077     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: 15577422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1993.4.1-39     Document Type: Article

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