Enhanced local immune response in children with prolonged gastrointestinal symptoms

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1601-1607

  Kokkonen, Jorma ^a,c   Holm, K ^b   Karttunen, T J ^a   Maki M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Food hypersensitivity; Gamma delta T cells; Gastrointestinal symptoms

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL DENSITY; CEREAL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD3; ATROPHY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROSCOPY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 10844255779     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410033321     Document Type: Article

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