Cell-mediated immune response in megacolon from patients with chronic Chagas' disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 993-998

  Corbett, Carlos E P ^a   Ribeiro, Ulysses ^a   Prianti, Maria das Graças ^a   Habr Gama, Angelita ^a   Okumura, Masayuki ^a   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CD20; CD3; CD8; Chagas'disease; Megacolon; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MEGACOLON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEGACOLON; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034959171     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235488     Document Type: Article

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