Undiminished regulatory T cells in the thymus of patients with myasthenia gravis

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 816-820

  Matsui, N ^a   Nakane, S ^d   Saito, F ^a   Ohigashi, I ^a   Nakagawa, Y ^b   Kurobe, H ^c   Takizawa, H ^b   Mitsui, T ^a   Kondo, K ^b   Kitagawa, T ^c   Takahama, Y ^a   Kaji, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Departments of Oncological Regenerative Surgery   (Japan)

^c Institute of Health Biosciences   (Japan)

^d Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 77949388453     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d31e47     Document Type: Article

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