What is Good's syndrome? Immunological abnormalities in patients with thymoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Kelleher, Peter ^a   Misbah, S A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SYNDROME; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037245674     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.1.12     Document Type: Review

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