Lymphocyte Subsets and Natural-Killer Activity in Growth Hormone Deficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 321-

  Kiess, Wieland ^a   Doerr, Helmut ^b   Eisl, Eva ^b   Butenandt, Otfrid ^b   Belohradsky, Bernd H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR CELL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE;

EID: 0022646914     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198601303140521     Document Type: Letter

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