%0 Journal Article
%T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN IRAN
%A MASSOUD.A
%A LOTFI.J
%A DERAKHSHAN.I
%A ALA.F
%J Acta Medica Iranica
%D 1980
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X Thirty seven randomly selected patients suffering from multiple s c l e r os i s (MS) (17 males and 20 females)and 30 healthy control subjects were studied for the lymphocyte subpopulations and ce l l -Medi a t e d immunity.We obs e r ved a decrease of the total T-cells and an increase of a ctive T-Lymphocytes and B ce l l s , In MS p at i ent s as compared t o normal controls. The inability of MS lymphocytes t o measles antigen by LMT or LTT in our e xpe r i me nt s could be due t o T-lymphocyte dysfunction.
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