Functional status of peripheral blood T-cells in ischemic stroke patients.

Stroke is a major cause of disability and leading cause of death in the northern hemisphere. Only recently it became evident that cerebral ischemia not only leads to brain tissue damage and subsequent local inflammation but also to a dramatic loss of peripheral blood T-cells with subsequent infectio...

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Main Authors: Antje Vogelgesang, Verena E L May, Uwe Grunwald, Maren Bakkeboe, Soenke Langner, Henry Wallaschofski, Christof Kessler, Barbara M Bröker, Alexander Dressel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2806837?pdf=render