A study of blood CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cell levels and CD4+:CD8+ ratio in vitiligo patients

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-

  Nigam, P K ^a   Patra, P K ^a   Khodiar, P K ^a   Gual, Jyotsna ^a  

^a PT J N M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELAN A; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952851672     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.74993     Document Type: Letter

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