For neonates undergoing cardiac surgery does thymectomy as opposed to thymic preservation have any adverse immunological consequences?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-291

  Afifi, Ahmed ^a   Raja, Shahzad G ^a   Pennington, Daniel J ^b   Tsang, Victor T ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune; Neonatal; T lymphocytes; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HEART SURGERY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957354830     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.237172     Document Type: Article

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