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[Immune profile of elderly patients admitted in a geriatric short care unit].
La Revue de medecine interne - 1 May 2011
Crétel E, Veen I, Pierres A, Binan Y, Robert P, Loundou A-D, Baumstarck-Barrau K, Hubert A-M, Bongrand P, Heim M
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INTRODUCTION: Immunosenescence embraces the whole of age-induced changes observed in the immunomodulatory functions of a living organism, and is mostly characterized by a decrease in cell-mediated immunity and important modifications of the immunological repertoire. The impact of the pathology on ageing immunity is poorly understood and few data are available on the immunological status of old polypathological...
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