Recently identified measures of human thymic function

Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-73

  MacFarland R D , Richard D ^a   Picker, Louis J ^b   Koup, Richard A ^c   Douek, Daniel C ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CD103; Flow cytometry; Recent thymic emigrant; Thymic function; Thymic index; Thymus; TREC

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0035526143     PISSN: 15291049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-1049(01)00041-1     Document Type: Review

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