Evaluation of thymic output by measurement of T-cell-receptor gene rearrangement excisional circles (TREC) in patients who have received fludarabine

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Aquino, Victor M ^a   Douek, Daniel C ^a   Berryman, Brian ^a   Johnson, Matthew ^a   Jain, Vinay K ^b   Collins, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fludarabine therapy; Four color flow cytometry; T cell receptor gen rearragment excisional circles; Thymic output

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE; FLUOROCHROME; INTERLEUKIN 7; PREDNISOLONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; VIDARABINE;

EID: 0037300571     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000029696     Document Type: Review

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