No evidence for altered cellular immune functions in personnel deployed in the Persian Gulf during and after the Gulf War - The Danish Gulf War study

APMIS

Volumn 109, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 517-524

  Bregenholt, Søren ^a   Ishøy, Torben ^b,d   Skovgaard, Lene T ^c   Suadicani, Paul ^b   Appleyard, Merethe ^b   Guldager, Bernadette ^b   Malte, Lone ^a   Gyntelberg, Finn ^b   Claesson, Mogens H ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Anatomy ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Danish Armed Forces Health Services   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gulf War syndrome; NK cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL ESTER; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034844207     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2001.907805.x     Document Type: Article

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