Reduced interferon-alpha production by Epstein-Barr virus transformed B- lymphoblastoid cell lines and lectin-stimulated lymphocytes in congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-307

  Wickramasinghe, S N ^a   Hasan, R ^a   Smythe, J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CDA type I; EBV transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines; Interferon ; Phytohaemagglutinin and pokeweed mitogen stimulated lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

EID: 0030810448     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1993016.x     Document Type: Article

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