## Abstract Okโ432, a streptococcal preparation, was intradermally injected daily into patients with advanced cancer of the stomach or lung for 4 weeks and the effects of OKโ432 on the mitogenic responses of cancer patients were followed. The cells involved in the depression of the response of untr
Reduction of suppressor cell activities by OK-432 immunotherapy in cancer patients
โ Scribed by T. Toge; Y. Seto; K. Shimura; T. Hattori
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0192-0561
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