T-cell receptor excision circles (TREC) in CD4+ and CD8 + T-cell subpopulations in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis show major differences in the emission of recent thymic emigrants

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-572

  Just, Helle L ^a   Deleuran, Mette ^a   Vestergaard, Christian ^a   Deleuran, Bent ^b   Thestrup Pedersen, Kristian ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Psoriasis; T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEX FACTORS; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749148537     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0550     Document Type: Article

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