A phase I study of an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody for the treatment of malignant gliomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 478-483

  Faillot, Thierry ^a   Magdelénat, Henri ^b   Mady, Essam ^b   Stasiecki, Paul ^c   Fohanno, Denis ^a   Gropp, Patricia ^c   Poisson, Michel ^a   Delattre, Jean Yves ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; Glioma; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 425; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029744846     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199609000-00009     Document Type: Article

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