Behcet's-like syndrome associated with idiopathic CD4+ T- lymphocytopenia, opportunistic infections, and a large population of TCRαβ+ CD4- CD8- T cells

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 236-238

  Venzor, Joe ^a   Hua, Qiang ^a   Bressler, Robert B ^a   Miranda, Charles H ^a   Huston, David P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behcet's syndrome; CD4 CD8 T cells; Idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia; Systemic nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; CANDIDIASIS; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FATALITY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BEHCET SYNDROME; CANDIDIASIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE;

EID: 0030611715     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199704000-00007     Document Type: Article

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