Normalization of the peripheral blood T cell receptor Vβ repertoire after cultured postnatal human thymic transplantation in DiGeorge syndrome

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Davis, Carla M ^a   McLaughlin, Tanya M ^a   Watson, T J ^a   Buckley, Rebecca H ^a   Schiff, Sherrie E ^a   Hale, Laura P ^a   Haynes, Barton F ^a   Markert, M Louise ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

human clinical studies; immunodeficiency diseases; T cell receptors; T lymphocytes; thymus

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030958230     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027382600143     Document Type: Article

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