Th1/Th2 balance alteration in the clinical course of a patient with pure red cell aplasia and thymoma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 308-310

  Fujisao, Shoji ^a   Tsuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Pure red cell aplasia; T helper subsets; Thymectomy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031753440     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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