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Functional analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes isolated from patients with chronic hepatitis type B.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jan 1992
García-Monzón C, Moreno-Otero R, García-Buey L, López-Botet M, De Landázuri M O, Sánchez-Madrid F
Abstract excerpt
Cell-mediated immunity, evaluated by lymphocyte proliferation and expression of the activation antigen interleukin-2 receptor in response to mitogens such as phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin-A, has been reported to be defective in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers. However, no definite conclusion on the functional state of T cells from these patients can be drawn. In the present study, we have investigated...
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