Gene therapy: Trials and tribulations

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-99

  Somia, Nikunj ^a   Verma, Inder M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JESSE;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; DEPENDOVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 0034328925     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35038533     Document Type: Review

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