Aging and lymphocyte subpopulations: Whole-blood analysis of immune markers in a large population sample of healthy elderly individuals

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 593-600

  Huppert, Felicia A ^a,b   Solomou, Wendy ^a   O'Connor, Sheila ^b   Morgan, Kevin ^c   Sussams, Pamela ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; B cells; Epidemiology; Immune function; Natural killer cells; Population; T cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE;

EID: 0032163217     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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