Treatment of progressive or recurrent pediatric malignant supratentorial brain tumors with herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene vector-producer cells followed by intravenous ganciclovir administration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-254

  Packer, Roger J ^a   Raffel, Cory ^b   Villablanca, Judith G ^b   Tonn, Jörg Christian ^b   Burdach, Stefan E ^b   Burger, Klaus ^b   LaFond, Deborah ^b   McComb, J Gordon ^b   Cogen, Philip H ^b   Vezina, Gilbert ^b   Kapcala, Leonard P ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Children; Gene therapy; Glioblastoma multiforme; Pediatric brain tumor; Retroviral treatment

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE THERAPY; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SUICIDE GENE;

EID: 0033957146     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.2.0249     Document Type: Article

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