Expansion of CD8+/perforin+ effector memory T cells in the bone marrow of patients with thymoma-associated pure red cell aplasia: Correspondence

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 712-715

  Nitta, Hideaki ^a   Mihara, Keichiro ^a   Sakai, Akira ^a   Kimura, Akiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD8 effector memory T cells; oligoclonality; perforin; pure red cell aplasia; thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PERFORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

BONE MARROW CELL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; LETTER; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW CELLS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFORIN; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956330514     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08273.x     Document Type: Letter

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