Comorbidity is a better predictor of impaired immunity than chronological age in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1565-1569

  Castle, Steven Charles ^a,b   Uyemura, Koichi ^a,b   Rafi, Asif ^a,b   Akande, Omosalewa ^a   Makinodan, Takashi ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; CIRS; Immunity; Immunosenescence; Interleukin 10 and 12, comorbidity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 27744479338     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53512.x     Document Type: Article

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