Reduced levels of T-cell subsets CD4 + and CD8 + in homozygous sickle cell anaemia patients with splenic defects

Hematology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-365

  Koffi, K Gustave ^a   Sawadogo, Duni ^a   Meite, Mori ^a   Nanho, Danho Clotaire ^a   Tanoh, Estelle S ^a   Attia, Alain Koffi ^a   Sanogo, Ibrahim ^a   Sangare, Amadou ^a  

^a Hematology Teaching Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

CD4+; CD8+; Lymphocyte subsets; Sickle cell anaemia (SCA)

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DEFECT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0141994783     PISSN: 14664860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200310     Document Type: Article

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