Unconventional therapies in ocular adnexal lymphomas

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1341-1343

  Ponzoni, Maurilio ^a   Ferreri, Andrés J M ^a   Doglioni, Claudio ^a   Dolcetti, Riccardo ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibiotic therapy; chlamydia; infection; lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER STAGING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; OCULAR ADNEXAL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALDEYER RING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLARITHROMYCIN; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 77956658439     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.10.125     Document Type: Editorial

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