Clonal Th2 lymphocytes in patients with the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 540-548

  Roufosse, F ^a,b   Schandene L ^b   Sibille, C ^c   Willard Gallo, K ^a   Kennes, B ^d   Efira, A ^e   Goldman, M ^b   Cogan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hositalo Universitaire Vésale   (Belgium)

^e SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CD3 CD4+; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; IgE; IL 5; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0042784918     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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