NK cell activity in hepatocellular carcinoma and its relation to the etiology of the disease

Journal of Clean Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Occupational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-284

  Ghoneum, Mamdooh ^a   Ghonaim, Mabrouk ^b   Namatalla, Galal ^a   Vojdani, Aristo ^a   Alamy, Moustafa ^a   Gill, Gus ^a   El Bana, Hassan ^b   Nafie, Emad ^c   Abd El Ghaffar, Yasin ^d  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cancer; Etiology; Liver; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030316846     PISSN: 10521062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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