Ponzetto A, Arrigoni A. Alteration in cell-mediated immunity in patients with chronic active hepatitis. I. Lymphocyte subpopulations.
GIORNALE DI BATTERIOLOGIA, VIROLOGIA ED IMMUNOLOGIA 1979;
72:28-32. [PMID:
317950]
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Abstract
Absolute number of T and B lymphocytes were measured in the peripheral blood of 25 patients with biopsy proven HBsAg-positive Chronic Active Hepatitis (CAH), in 9 with Chronic Persistent Hepatitis (CPH), and in 25 HBsAg-negative healthy controls. In patients with CAH and cirrhosis total T lymphocytes were decreased; no difference were found between patients with CPH and normal controls. This data emphasize the importance of monitoring T-cells population in patients with HBsAg-positive CAH.
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