Effect of tumor excision on NK cytotoxic activity and formation of metastases of Bomirski melanoma in hamsters

Neoplasma

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 311-313

  Mysliwski A ^a   Sosnowska, D ^a   Bigda, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

hamsters; melanoma; metastases; natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029908762     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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