Circulating lymphocyte subsets in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and their relationship to the stage of the disease

Pancreas

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 976-978

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Fabbri, Dario ^a   Imbrogno, Andrea ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio M ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84863915329     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31824994ab     Document Type: Letter

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