High serum thymus and activation-regulated chemokine levels in the lymphocytic variant of the hypereosinophilic syndrome

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 476-479

  De Lavareille, Aurore ^a   Roufosse, Florence ^a   Schmid Grendelmeier, Peter ^b   Roumier, Anne Sophie ^c   Schandene L ^a   Cogan, Elie ^a   Simon, Hans Uwe ^d   Goldman, Michel ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF)   (Belgium)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hypereosinophilic syndrome; IL 5; T cell lymphoma; Thymus and activation regulated chemokine

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0036738332     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.127003     Document Type: Article

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