Immune function in children under chemotherapy for standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - A prospective study of 20 paediatric patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-370

  Eyrich, Matthias ^a   Wiegering, Verena ^a   Lim, Annick ^b   Schrauder, Andre ^c   Winkler, Beate ^a   Schlegel, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cytokine production; Leukaemia; Paediatric; T cells

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PREDNISONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 70349902462     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07862.x     Document Type: Article

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