Idiopathic CD4+ T-Lymphocytopenia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-72

  Matsuyama, Wataru ^a,c   Mizoguchi, Akira ^a   Hamasaki, Tetsurou ^a   Wakimoto, Joeji ^a   Iwami, Fumiyuki ^a   Kawabata, Masaharu ^b   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a Minami Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

^b Digestive Surgery   (Japan)

^c Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE;

EID: 0032602584     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.71     Document Type: Article

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