Lymphocyte T subsets and natural killer cells in Italian and Philippino blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Pasqualetti, Daniela ^a   Ghirardini, A ^b   Cafolla, A ^a   Biffoni, M ^a   Coluzzi, S ^a   Vaglio, S ^a   Girelli, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Leucoreduction; NK cells; Race; T subsets

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ITALY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BLOOD DONORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYTOKINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON TYPE II; ITALY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHILIPPINES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0037653279     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2003.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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