title: Lymphocyte subpopulations in the peripheral blood of children with coeliac disease.
abstract: Circulating lymphocytes were enumerated in 28 children with coeliac disease and in 13 healthy controls by immunofluorescent staining using monoclonal antibodies for T surface phenotypic markers and polyvalent antisera for surface immunoglobulins (B cells). Proportion of peripheral T and B cells and the ratio of helper and suppressor T cells were not significantly different in coeliac children from those in controls. Authors conclude on the basis of the results that a significant impairment of circulating pool of lymphocytes in coeliac disease is improbable.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Paediatrics Semmelweis University Medical School.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arató
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Tainio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Savilahti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000178:diet therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005983:Glutens / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D005983:Glutens