Immune function in healthy adolescents

被引:41
作者
Bartlett, JA
Schleifer, SJ
Demetrikopoulos, MK
Delaney, BR
Shiflett, SC
Keller, SE
机构
[1] Univ Med & Dent New Jersey, New Jersey Med Sch, Dept Psychiat, Newark, NJ 07107 USA
[2] Univ Med & Dent New Jersey, Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Dept Neurosci, Newark, NJ 07103 USA
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D O I
10.1128/CDLI.5.1.105-113.1998
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
In the present study, we examine immunological functioning in normal healthy African-American and Latino/Latina adolescents recruited from an inner-city high school and an inner-city clinic, A battery of tests was performed with enumerative and functional measures which encompassed both innate and adaptive immunity. We found immune differences related to age, gender, and race on both the enumerative and the functional immune measures, This data expands the available body of information concerning normal immunity in healthy adolescents.
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页码:105 / 113
页数:9
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