Determination of gamma/delta and other T-lymphocyte subsets in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood from patients with sarcoidosis and idiopathic fibrosis of the lung

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-205

  Gruber, R ^a,d   Pforte, A ^b   Beer, B ^c   Riethmuller G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten   (Germany)

^d Institut fur Immunologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD16; CD3; CD4; CD56; CD8; Flow cytometry; hypereosinophilic syndrome; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0029880226     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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