What next for human gene therapy?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7404, 2003, Pages 1410-1411

  Juengst, Eric T ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EDITORIAL; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

EID: 0038772394     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1410     Document Type: Editorial

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