title: [Lymphocyte subpopulations in idiopathic dilatational cardiomyopathy].
abstract: Lymphocyte subsets have been examined in 23 patients affected by idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). Patients were divided according to their functional class showing that compromised subjects exhibited high T-lymphocyte helper/suppressor ratio whereas the contrary was observed in the other patients. It has therefore suggested that IDCM is characterized by 2 distinct phases, each of them with different helper/suppressor ratio.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008297:Male; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
vernacular_title: Sottopopolazioni linfocitarie nella cardiomiopatia dilatativa idiopatica.