Lymphocyte transformation in malnourished children.

نویسندگان

  • E Sellmeyer
  • E Bhettay
  • A S Truswell
  • O L Meyers
  • J D Hansen
چکیده

Selimeyer, E., Bhettay, E., Truswell, A. S., Meyers, 0. L., and Hansen, J. D. L. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 429. Lymphocyte transformation in malnourished children. In vitro lymphocyte stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin gave subnormal transformation values in children with proteincalorie malnutrition. It is suggested that impaired cell-mediated immunity may be one important mechanism for the susceptibility of malnourished children to infections. Lymphocyte transformation was also subnormal in children with measles and gastroenteritis but tended to be increased in pneumonia.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 47 253  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1972