Leukemia Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2005

High Th1/Th2 ratio in patients with multiple myeloma

  • Hatsue Ogawara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Handa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Tohru Yamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Takuma Toda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Kensuke Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Natsumi Nishimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Wedad Hamdi Saleh Al-ma’Quol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoriaki Kaneko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Takafumi Matsushima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Norifumi Tsukamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshihisa Nojima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Morio Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Nishi-Gunma Hospital, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Morio Sawamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Nishi-Gunma Hospital, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirokazu Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 19 March 2004 ,Accepted 5 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.06.003

Leukemia Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2005

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