Association between natural killer cell activity and infection in immunologically normal elderly people

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 392-397

  Ogata, K ^a   An, E ^a   Shioi, Y ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Luo, S ^a   Yokose, N ^a   Minami, S ^a   Dan, K ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Infection; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034916891     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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