CD4+ cell counts in patients with different clinical manifestations of tuberculosis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-486

  Davoudi, Setareh ^a   Rasoolinegad, Mehrnaz ^a   Younesian, Masoud ^b   Hajiabdolbaghil, Mahboubeh ^a   Soudbakhsh, Abdolreza ^a   Jafari, Sirous ^a   EmadiKouchak, Hamid ^a   Mehrpouya, Morteza ^a   Lotfi, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CD4; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOLUNTEER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 65549093149     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000600008     Document Type: Article

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