Immunomodulatory activities of Yunzhi and Danshen in post-treatment breast cancer patients

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-395

  Wong, Chun Kwok ^a   Bao, Yi Xi ^a,b   Wong, Eliza Lai Yi ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a   Lam, Christopher Wai Kei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coriolus versicolor; Lymphocytes; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Soluble IL 2 receptor

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; EDETIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YUNZHI DANSHEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORIOLUS VERSICOLOR; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 21344458614     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05002990     Document Type: Article

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