Alterations of the lymphocytic set-up in elderly patients with cancer

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Motta, M ^a   Ferlito, L ^a   Malaguarnera, L ^b   Vinci, E ^b   Bosco, S ^a   Maugeri, D ^a   Malaguarnera, M ^a  

^a Urology and Neurology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer in elderly; Immunity in elderly; Lymphocytes in cancer

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; CYTOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

AGED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037209592     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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