Gene stereotactic neurosurgery for recurrent malignant gliomas

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Colombo, F ^a,c   Zanusso, M ^a   Casentini, L ^a   Cavaggioni, A ^b   Franchin, E ^b   Calvi, P ^b   Palu G ^b  

^a City Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Glioma; Immunotherapy; Interleukin 2; Therapeutic retrovirus

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADULT; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RETROVIRUS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THYMIDINE KINASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031398813     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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