Interleukin-2-activated killer cell activity in colorectal tumor patients: evaluation of in vitro effects by prothymosin alpha1.

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Published in J Cancer Res Clin Oncol on January 01, 1997

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K Eckert1, E Grünberg, P Immenschuh, F Garbin, E D Kreuser, H R Maurer

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1: Institut für Pharmazie der Freien Universität Berlin, Germany.

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