Immune function of successfully treated lymphoma patients.
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Immune function of successfully treated lymphoma patients.
Immunologic function was evaluated in 12 patients with Hodgkin's disease and 5 patients with lymphocytic lymphoma who had been successfully treated with either chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both of these modalities 3-42 mo previously. Only two of the patients were found to have total anergy to a battery of six recall skin test antigens and all were responsive to skin testing with phytohem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci108415