Genetic control of the CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio in humans

Nature Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1279-1283

  Amadori, Alberto ^a   Zamarchi, Rita ^a   De Silvestro, Giustina ^b   Forza, Giovanni ^c   Cavatton, Gianni ^b   Danieli, Gian Antonio ^a   Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Chieco Bianchi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Ophthalmology Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028868743     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1295-1279     Document Type: Article

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