Analysis of lymphocyte subsets in patients with stroke and their influence on infection after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 237-241

  Vogelgesang, Antje ^a   Grunwald, Uwe ^a   Langner, Sönke ^a   Jack, Robert ^a   Bröker, Barbara M ^a   Kessler, Christof ^a   Dressel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunology; Infection; Ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 38149044364     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493635     Document Type: Article

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