Natural killer cells in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Yoshii, Fumihito ^a,b   Shinohara, Yukito ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hiratsuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Guillain Barre syndrome; Lymphocyte subsets; Natural killer cell activity; Natural killer cells; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0032493069     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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