The In Vitro Immunomodulatory Effects of Glyconutrients on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 280-287

  See, Darryl M ^a   Cimoch, Paul ^b   Chou, Shioweh ^a   Chang, Jennifer ^a   Tilles, Jeremiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Special Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; CHROMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; KINETICS; MALE; MONOCYTES;

EID: 0032106391     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02688668     Document Type: Article

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