Clinical evaluation of thymic function;Évaluation clinique de la fonction du thymus

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 675-678

  Castermans, E ^a   Morrhaye, G ^a   Marchand, S ^b   Martens, H ^c   Moutschen, M ^a   Baron, F ^a   Beguin, Y ^a   Geenen, V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c DGTRE Région Wallonne   (Belgium)

^d CHU Sart Tilman ^*

Author keywords

T cell differentiation; Thymopoiesis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CIRCULAR DNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; THYMUS;

DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 39549084519     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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