Mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and systemic immune activation in cancer patients

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Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-220

  Melichar, Bohuslav ^a   Jandik, Pavel ^a   Krejsek, Jan ^a   Solichova, Dagmar ^a   Drahosova, Marcela ^a   Skopec, Frantisek ^a   Mergancova, Jindriska ^a   Voboril, Zbynek ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

interferon gamma; interleukin 4; lymphocyte proliferation; neopterin

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; NEOPTERIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPTERIN; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPTERIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

EID: 0029987714     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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