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Lymphocyte subsets and cellular immunity in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2000
Ockenga J, Jacobs R, Kemper A, Benschop R J, Schmidt R E, Manns M P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An abnormal immune response may play a pathogenetic role in chronic pancreatitis. However, to date characterization of the systemic immunological changes in patients with chronic pancreatitis has not been undertaken. METHODS: Lymphocyte phenotypes and proliferation ((3)H-thymidine) after stimulation with mitogens and interleukin-2 were studied in peripheral mononuclear cells from 11 patients with...
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