[Lymphocyte response to phytohemagglutinin-stimulation after extended radiation therapy in Hodgkin's disease (author's transl)].
Phytohemagglutinin-stimulated DNA-synthesis of lymphocytes was measured in 35 patients with Hodgkin's disease in continuous remission 1 to 8 years after intensive high-energy radiotherapy. In comparison to a normal control group we found there was no significant difference between the values of patients in complete remission and healthy subjects. We conclude that the extremely suppressed lymphocytic reactivity as measured by DNA-synthesis during irradiation may again reach normal values one or two years after radiotherapy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D013997:Time Factors
D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
Phytohämagglutinin(PHA)-Stimulierbarkeit der Lymphozyten nach ausgedehnter Strahlentherapie bei Morbus Hodgkin.