Enhanced Immune System Regeneration in Humans Following Allogeneic or Autologous Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Temporary Sex Steroid Blockade
Open Access
- 15 February 2008
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 14 (4) , 1138-1149
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1784
Abstract
Purpose: To determine if temporarily blocking sex steroids prior to stem cell transplantation can increase thymus function and thus enhance the rate of T cell regeneration.Keywords
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