Effect of thymectomy on human peripheral blood T cell pools in myasthenia gravis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2808-2817

  Sempowski, G D ^a   Thomasch, J R ^a   Gooding, M E ^a   Hale, L P ^a   Edwards, L J ^a   Ciafaloni, E ^a   Sanders, D B ^a   Massey, J M ^a   Douek, D C ^a   Koup, R A ^a   Haynes, B F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0035865086     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2808     Document Type: Article

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