Studies of patients' thymi aid in the discovery and characterization of immunodeficiency in humans

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 203, Issue , 2005, Pages 143-155

  Roifman, Chaim M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; JANUS KINASE 3; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CD25 DEFICIENCY; CD25 GENE; CD3 DELTA DEFICIENCY; CD8 LYMPHOPENIA; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ZAP 70 DEFICIENCY;

ANTIGENS, CD3; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 13144281721     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00236.x     Document Type: Review

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