Searching of optimal vaccination schedules

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Pennisi, Marzio ^b   Pappalardo, Francesco ^c   Zhang, Ping ^c   Motta, Santo ^a  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESEARCH; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CANCER VACCINES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68049108325     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2009.932919     Document Type: Article

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