Modelling and simulating the effect of cytokines on the immune response to tumor cells

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Stocker S ^a   Curci, M G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immune competition; Integro differential equations; Nonlinear systems of cell interaction; Tumor cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032143613     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(98)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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