CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte and cortisol response patterns in elderly and young males after methylprednisolone exposure

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 159-183

  Tornatore, Kathleen M ^a   Venuto, Rocco C ^a,b   Logue, Gerald ^b,c   Davis, Paul J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ and CDS+ lymphocytes; Elderly; Methylprednisolone; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELDERLY CARE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031762114     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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