Transfer factors in medical therapy;Factores de transferencia en la terapéutica médica

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 273-277

  Sánchez González, Dolores J ^a   Sosa Luna, Carlos A ^a   Vásquez Moctezuma, Ismael ^a,b  

^a Universidad del Ejercito y Fuerza Aerea   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunotherapy; Transfer factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN SPECIFIC TRANSFER FACTOR; TRANSFER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 80051548390     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.05.002     Document Type: Review

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