Neopterin as a marker for cell-mediated immunity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Immanuel, C ^a   Swamy, R ^a   Kannapiran, M ^a   Vijayalakshmi, S ^a   Sundaram, V ^a   Jagannath, K ^b   Paramasivan, C N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b Institute of Thoracic Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Lymphocyte proliferation; Neopterin; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031107948     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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