Open AccessImmunophenotypic characterisation of peripheral T lymphocytes in pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
FM Al Majid,
AA Abba
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.39182
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary tuberculosis , peripheral , tuberculosis , pathology , peripheral blood , immunology , dermatology
The cellular immune response plays an important role in determining the outcome of infection and disease in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Many studies of these disease interactions yield contradictory results.