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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis impairs T lymphocyte selection in the peritoneum.
Kidney international - 1 May 1996
Fricke H, Hartmann J, Sitter T, Steldinger R, Rieber P, Schiffl H
Abstract excerpt
Peritoneal lymphocytes (PCL) of 45 healthy individuals, four uremic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and 25 long-term continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients were characterized by flow cytometry to investigate whether CAPD alters the phenotype of PCL. B lineage cells constitute a minority of PCL (2.5% of cells). Although the majority of peritoneal T cells expressed alpha beta T cell...
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