Delayed effects of sulfur mustard poisoning on CD4+ and CD8 + lymphocytes in Iranian veterans 25 years after exposure

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Mohammadhoseiniakbari, Hassan ^a,c   Ghanei, Mostafa ^a   Eajazi, Alireza ^b   Mohammadi, Zahra ^a   Besheli, Laleh Daftari ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agent; Immunologic system; Lymphocyte; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTOXICATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VETERAN;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IRAN; MUSTARD GAS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 55549088921     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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