Alternative medicine remedies might stimulate viability of leukemic cells

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-98

  Styczynski, Jan ^a   Wysocki, Mariusz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Alternative medicine; Children; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CROTON LECHLERI EXTRACT; CYTARABINE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM TETRAHYDROPHTHALATE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON LECHLERI; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT'S CLAW; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROTON; CYTARABINE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREDNISOLONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 28844438421     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20513     Document Type: Article

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