Ten patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, three of whom had pulmonary metastasis, were treated with adoptive immunotherapy using autologous lymphokineactivated killer cells plus recombinant interleukin 2. Patients received 16 pg per day of recombinant interleukin 2 consecutively (for 14 to 64 days
Adoptive immunotherapy with lymphokine activated killer cells in HIV positive patients
โ Scribed by A.J.A. Sultan; J.C. Sharp
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0192-0561
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