A marked decrease in CD4-positive lymphocytes at the onset of hepatitis in a patient with hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 375-377

  Ikeda, Takahiro ^a   Morimoto, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Sachie ^a   Yokoyama, Koji ^a   Hayase, Tomomi ^a   Oh, Yukiko ^a   Kashii, Yoshifumi ^a   Yotsumoto, Shigeru ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Momoi, Mariko Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aplastic anemia; CD4 8 ratio; hepatitis; lymphocyte subset; TTV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED APLASTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPANESE; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID THERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 84862901153     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31822bf699     Document Type: Article

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