Neonatal thymectomy: Does it affect immune function?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1041-1046

  Wells, W J ^a   Parkman, R ^a   Smogorzewska, E ^a   Barr, M ^a   Gundry, S R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0031978141     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70403-9     Document Type: Article

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