title: Lymphocyte subpopulations in healthy newborn infants: comparison of cord blood values with values five days after birth.
abstract: Significant differences (p < 0.0001) were demonstrated in lymphocyte subpopulations both in cord blood and in venous blood samples obtained at day 5 from the same healthy infants. Numbers of T lymphocytes increased, especially CD4+/CD45RA+ cells, whereas numbers of B lymphocytes and natural killer cells decreased without changes in CD8+ and other cytotoxic cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Virga Jesse Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alliet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kortleven
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Magerman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rummens
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values