Effects of emitted Qi on in vitro natural killer cell cytotoxic activity

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-22

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Huh, Hwa Jeong ^a   Jang, Hye Sook ^b   Han, Chang Sub ^a   Ryu, Hoon ^a   Chung, Hun Taeg ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang Health Science University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHINESE MEDICINE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; TIME;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; QI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035234963     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X01000034     Document Type: Article

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