Cellular and biochemical mechanism involved in autoimmune thrombocytopenic Purpura;Mecanismos celulares y bioquímicos involucrados en la fisiopatogenia de la púrpura trombocitopénica autoinmune

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 461-472

  Domínguez García, Ma Victoria ^a,b   Rodríguez Moyado, Héctor ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c Centro Nacional de la Transfusión Sanguínea   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 0036753245     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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