Associated immunological disorders and cellular immune dysfunction in thymoma: A study of 87 cases from thailand

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Thongprayoon, Charat ^a   Tantrachoti, Pakpoom ^a   Phatharacharukul, Parkpoom ^a   Buranapraditkun, Supranee ^a   Klaewsongkram, Jettanong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Immunologic deficiency syndrome; Neoplasms; Paraneoplastic syndromes; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENTALOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THAILAND; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THAILAND; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872598166     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0207-9     Document Type: Review

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