A Consideration of Fixed Dosing Versus Body Size-Based Dosing Strategies for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapies.
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SUBMITTER: He JZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826131 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
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A Consideration of Fixed Dosing Versus Body Size-Based Dosing Strategies for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapies.
He Jimmy Zhijian JZ Wang Hechuan H Lim KyoungSoo K Ren Song S Rollins Fred F Vallaster Markus M Wong Ryan R Stebbings Richard R Standifer Nathan N Keefe Robert R Phipps Alex A Gibbs Megan M
Clinical pharmacology in drug development 20220912 10
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