Invariant natural killer T cells in bronchial asthma [6]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2613-2615

  Thomas, Seddon Y ^a   Lilly, Craig M ^b   Luster, Andrew D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1D ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; CD1 ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ASTHMA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NOTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD1; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; STAINING AND LABELING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33745100582     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc066189     Document Type: Letter

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