The Spleen is an Important Site of T Cell Activation during Human Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-164

  Martins Filho, O A ^b   Mello, J R C ^b   Correa Oliveira, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Schistosomiasis; Spleen cells

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0342928560     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000700023     Document Type: Article

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