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OKT 4 /OKT 8 Ratio in Asymptomatic Heroin Addicts
Author(s) -
Marra Roberto,
SCHIFANO FABRIZIO,
RINALDO EMANUELA,
FAVARO WALLY,
GAVIOLI ARTEMISIO
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb03061.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , heroin , population , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , addiction , immunology , drug , psychiatry , environmental health
Summary The OKT 4 (helper) and OKT 8 (suppressor) lymphocytic subpopulations were enumerated in a sample of 60 asymptomatic drug addicts and in 17 controls. No significant differences in the ratio could be found that could not be explained by the action of HIV. It can be concluded that heroin itself was not responsible for any alteration in the T 4 /T 8 ratio in the population considered.