Anti-CD37 antibodies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 651-661

  Robak, Tadeusz ^a   Robak, Pawel ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

ADAPTIR protein; Betalutin; BI 836826; CD37; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; HH1; IMGN529; MAb 37.1; Otlertuzumab; TRU 016

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BETALUTIN; BI 836826; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD37 ANTIBODY; CD37 ANTIGEN; IMGN 529; IODINE 131; IODINE MB 1 I 131; LUTETIUM 177; LUTETIUM TETULOMAB LU 177; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 37.2; OTLERTUZUMAB; TETRASPANIN; TRU-016; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD37 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TUMOR INVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; TETRASPANINS;

EID: 84898748252     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2014.890182     Document Type: Review

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