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Each patient received subcutaneous inoculations with one of two human glioma tissue culture cell lines (D-54MG or U-251MG) monthly, with 500 \u00b5g of bacillus Calmette-Gu\u00e9rin cell wall (BCG-CW) being included with the first inoculation. Each patient also received levamisole, 2.5 mg\/kg 3 days per week every other week. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy with BCNU were begun after the first month of immunization. Follow-up evaluations included computerized tomography brain scans, neurological examinations, Karnofsky Functional Ratings, and studies of general immune competence. No evidence of allergic encephalomyelitis was noted clinically, nor was any gross or microscopic evidence of such pathology obtained upon autopsy of three of these patients. Serial studies of general immune competence showed no alterations from those previously described with non-immunized patients. 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