Thymic function and impaired maintenance of peripheral T cell populations in children with congenital heart disease and surgical thymectomy

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Halnon, Nancy J ^a   Jamieson, Beth ^a   Plunkett, Mark ^a   Kitchen, Christine M R ^b   Pham, Thao ^a   Krogstad, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144320717     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000147735.19342.DE     Document Type: Article

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