Stimulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes with Campylobacter jejuni generates a γδ T cell response in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Ben Smith, A ^a   Goodall, J C ^b   Gaston, J S H ^b   Winer, J B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Guillain Barre syndrome T cell; Proliferation; T cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030737691     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4221318.x     Document Type: Article

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