A case-control study on limphocytic subsets in elderly bearing a gastroenteric cancer

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-11

  Nano, M ^a   Molaschi, M ^a   Scarafiotti, C ^a   Fonte, G ^a   Esposito, E ^a   Dal Corso, H M ^a   Grosso Roasenda, G ^a   Geuna, M ^a   Palestro, G ^a   Lale Murix, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Immune system; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0031086252     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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