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Original Article

Natural Killer Cell Activity of Prostatic Cancer Patients

B. K. Choe Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Division of Urology (Surgery), University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 167, Canada
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P. Frost Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas System Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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M. K. Morrison Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Michigan Cancer Foundation, Meyer L. Prentis Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA
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N. R. Rose Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA; Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA
Pages 285-291 | Published online: 24 Mar 2010

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