Elevated percentage of perform positive cells in active pulmonary tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-690

  Nisha Rajeswari, D N ^a   Selvaraj, P ^a   Jawahar, M S ^a   Adhilakshmi, A R ^a   Vidyarani, M ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

CD4; CD8; Perforin positive cells; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PERFORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33746157858     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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