Multicolumn infusion of gene therapy cells into human brain tumors: Technical report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 663-669

  Qureshi, Nazer H ^a   Bankiewicz, Krzysztof S ^b   Louis, David N ^a   Hochberg, Fred H ^a   Chiocca, E Antonio ^a   Harsh IV, Griffith R ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Gene therapy; Glioblastoma multiforme; Malignant glioma; Retroviral vectors; Vector producing cells

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034114141     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200003000-00027     Document Type: Article

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