Superantigens in sepsis

International Congress Series

Volumn 1289, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-124

  MacIsaac, Christopher Mark ^a   Curtis, Nigel ^b,c   Cade, John ^a   Visvanathan, Kumar ^b,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Lymphocyte; Septic shock; Superantigen; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645915446     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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