The correlation between T helper type 17 cells and clinical characters in Chinese paediatric patients with chronic hepatitis B

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Zhu, S ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Xu, Z ^a   Chen, D ^a   Wang, L ^a   Gan, Y ^a   Wang, F ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Xing, X ^a   Hu, S ^a   Li, Z ^a   Long, L ^a   Liu, L ^a   Zhong, Y ^a  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Interleukin 17; Paediatric patients

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TH17 CELL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84873292086     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12028     Document Type: Article

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