Hepatic local micro-environmental immune status in hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhotic tissues

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-408

  Chen, G ^a   Luo, D Z ^a   Liu, L ^a   Feng, Z B ^a   Guo, F ^a   Li, P ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE STATUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 34249672213     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000600007     Document Type: Article

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