Different Percentages of Peripheral Blood γδ5+ T Cells in Healthy Individuals from Different Areas of the World

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 593-596

  Esin, S ^a,b   Shigematsu, M ^c   Nagai, S ^c   Eklund, A ^d   Wigzell, H ^a   Grunewald, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BLOOD DONORS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 0029967244     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1996.d01-79.x     Document Type: Article

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