Compromised T-cell immunity and virus-like structure in a patient with pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 434-435

  Wang, Lemin ^a   Gong, Zhu ^a   Liang, Aibin ^a   Xie, Yuan ^a   Liu, Shu Lin ^b   Yu, Zhang ^c   Wang, Ling ^d   Wang, Yenan ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; CD3 ANTIGEN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD3; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77956640462     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.182.3.434     Document Type: Letter

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