title: [Determination of T lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with chronic tonsillitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the cellular immunologic status of patients with chronic tonsillis.
  
  
  METHODS
  T lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 60 cases with chronic tonsillis were detected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that CD4, CD4/CD8 in chronic tonsillis patients decreased than that in normal control group with statistical significance (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study indicates that the cellular immunologic status in patients with chronic tonsillitis was decreased.
authors.affiliation: Longyan First Hospital, Longyan 364000.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000097:blood; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens