Clinical relevance of age-related immune dysfunction

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 578-585

  Castle, S C ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PRASTERONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGED; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

AGING; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFECTION;

EID: 0034458563     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313947     Document Type: Article

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