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A high proportion of bone marrow T cells with regulatory phenotype (CD4+CD25hiFoxP3+) in Ewing sarcoma patients is associated with metastatic disease

  1. Peter Brinkrolf,
  2. Silke Landmeier,
  3. Bianca Altvater,
  4. Christiane Chen,
  5. Sibylle Pscherer,
  6. Annegret Rosemann,
  7. Andreas Ranft,
  8. Uta Dirksen,
  9. Heribert Juergens,
  10. Claudia Rossig†,*

Article first published online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24461

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 125, Issue 4, pages 879–886, 15 August 2009

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Brinkrolf, P., Landmeier, S., Altvater, B., Chen, C., Pscherer, S., Rosemann, A., Ranft, A., Dirksen, U., Juergens, H. and Rossig, C. (2009), A high proportion of bone marrow T cells with regulatory phenotype (CD4+CD25hiFoxP3+) in Ewing sarcoma patients is associated with metastatic disease. Int. J. Cancer, 125: 879–886. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24461

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

  1. †

    Fax: +49-251-8352804 or +49-251-8347828.

*Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 APR 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 MAR 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 NOV 2008

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