Abnormal peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subsets in a subgroup of patients with COPD

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 437-444

  Kim, Won Dong ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Cho, Young Joo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CD8+ T lymphocyte; COPD; Diffusing capacity; T lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0036041180     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.437     Document Type: Article

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