NK cell increase in neonates from the preterm to the full-term period of gestation

Neonatology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Pérez, Alicia ^a   Gurbindo, María Dolores ^a   Resino, Salvador ^a   Aguarón, Ángel ^a   Muñoz Fernández, María Ángeles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow cytometric analysis; Lymphocyte populations; Preterm newborns; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548850873     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101567     Document Type: Article

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