Cytometric analysis of perforin expression in NK cells, CD8+, and CD4+ lymphocytes in children with autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis - A preliminary study

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 789-792

  Popko, Katarzyna ^a   Osińska, Iwona ^a   Kucharska, Anna ^a   Demkow, Urszula ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; NK cells; perforin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HASHIMOTO THYROIDITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; PERFORIN; PROGNOSIS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84937922645     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0520     Document Type: Article

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