Thymic Function, Aging, and AIDS
- 15 March 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 34 (3) , 59-88
- https://doi.org/10.3810/hp.1999.03.134
Abstract
For the first time, physicians are challenged by clinical states in which the T-cell pool is destroyed postnatally in large numbers of patients. One such state is AIDS; another is the immune damage of cancer chemotherapy. Accordingly, study of postnatal thymic function is now a matter of clinical urgency. Ongoing work may point toward new strategies for repairing a damaged T-cell repertoire.Keywords
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