Selective increase of Vβ2+ T cells in the small intestinal mucosa in Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 264-266

  Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a   Nagata, Satoru ^a   Oguchi, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030040444     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199602000-00013     Document Type: Article

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