Article
Lymphocyte subpopulations in long-term dialysis patients: a case-controlled study of the effects of blood transfusion.
Transfusion - 1 Sept 1990
Crowley J P, Valeri C R, Metzger J B, Pono L, Chazan J A
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocyte subsets in a group of intensely transfused (greater than 10 units/year) patients on long-term hemodialysis were compared with those in a carefully controlled population of lightly transfused (1-10 units/year, no units during study period) long-term dialysis patients. The data confirm previous reports of lymphopenia and a symmetrical reduction of both T- and B-cell subpopulations in patients on...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Diseases
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Renal Dialysis
