The influence of partial or total thymectomy during open heart surgery in infants on the immune function later in life

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 349-355

  Eysteinsdottir, J H ^a,b   Freysdottir, J ^b   Haraldsson, A ^c   Stefansdottir, J ^b   Skaftadottir, I ^c   Helgason, H ^c   Ogmundsdottir, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Lyfjathroun Biopharmaceuticals   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Congenital surgery; Heart defects; Immune functions; Infant; Thymectomy; Thymus gland

Indexed keywords

MEASLES ANTIGEN; MITOGENIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUTROPHIL; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEASLES VIRUS; MITOGENS; TETANUS TOXOID; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 2142714053     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02437.x     Document Type: Article

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