Flow cytometry of fine-needle-aspiration biopsies: A new method to monitor the intrahepatic immunological environment in chronic viral hepatitis

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-512

  Sprengers, D ^a   Van Der Molen, R G ^a   Kusters, J G ^a   Kwekkeboom, J ^a   Van Der Laan, L J W ^a   Niesters, H G M ^a   Kuipers, E J ^a   De Man, R A ^a   Schalm, S W ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Intrahepatic immune response; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE MARKER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD8; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BLOOD CELLS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24044503732     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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