Bacteria-eradicating therapy for ocular adnexal MALT lymphoma: Questions for an open international prospective trial [3]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1721-1722

  Ferreri, Andres J M ^a   Ponzoni, M ^a   Dognini, G P ^a   Du, M Q ^b   Doglioni, C ^a   Radford, J ^c   Dolcetti, R ^d   Cavalli, F ^e  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER REGRESSION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; EYE ADNEXA; EYE CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750576506     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl124     Document Type: Letter

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