Lymphocyte subset pattern in acromegaly

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Colao, Annamaria ^a   Ferone, D ^a   Marzullo, P ^a   Panza, N ^b   Pivonello, R ^a   Orio, F ^a   Grande, G ^b   Bevilacqua, N ^b   Lombardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; GH; IGF I; Immune system; Lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; ANTIGEN; BROMOCRIPTINE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GROWTH HORMONE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OCTREOTIDE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ITALY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

EID: 0036119870     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343975     Document Type: Article

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