Impaired nutritional status in common variable immunodeficiency patients correlates with reduced levels of serum IgA and of circulating CD4+ T lymphocytes

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 544-549

  Muscaritoli, M ^a   Fanfarillo, F ^a   Luzi, G ^a   Sirianni, M C ^a   Iebba, F ^a   Laviano, A ^a   Russo, M ^a   Aiuti, F ^a   Rossi Fanelli, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytes; Common variable immunodeficiency; Malnutrition; Serum immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0034950572     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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