Lymphocyte subsets in the blood: a diagnostic window on the lymphoid system?
The assessment of peripheral blood lymphocyte numbers and ratios has been performed in almost every conceivable disease state, but do these values give any useful information about immune status? Jürgen Westermann and Reinhard Pabst try to answer this question and to put peripheral blood population assessments into the whole-body context.
Westermann
J
J
Centre of Anatomy, Medical School of Hannover, Germany.
Pabst
R
R
D001773:Blood Cells; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets