Immunotherapy for EBV-associated malignancies

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-293

  Merlo, Anna ^a   Turrini, Riccardo ^a   Dolcetti, Riccardo ^b   Zanovello, Paola ^a,c   Rosato, Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

CTL; EBV; HL; NPC; PTLD

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ASSOCIATED MALIGNANCY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; META ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEOPLASM; NEUROBLASTOMA; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THEORY;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 79955868975     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-011-0782-2     Document Type: Review

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