A case of spontaneous remission of large cell carcinoma of the lung with brain metastasis

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-117

  Moriyama, Chinatsu ^a   Yamazaki, Koichi ^a   Yokouchi, Hiroshi ^a   Kikuchi, Eiki ^a   Oizumi, Satoshi ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD8 positive cells; HLA class I; Lung cancer; Metastatic brain tumor; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 44449168249     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.48.112     Document Type: Article

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