T-Lymphocyte Fluctuation in Patients with Primary Intracranial Tumors.
- Author:
Won Mann MOON
1
;
Seung Lae KIM
;
Tai Ho CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Astrocytoma;
Brain Neoplasms;
Craniopharyngioma;
Erythrocytes;
Glioblastoma;
Humans;
Medulloblastoma;
Meningioma;
Sheep;
T-Lymphocytes*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1978;7(2):269-274
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To determine the T-cell mediated immunological status in patients with brain tumors, the percentages of active and total T-lymphocytes forming rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, were measured in sixteen patients with primary intracranial tumors;six benign astrocytomas, four glioblastomas, one medulloblastoma, two craniopharyngiomas and three meningiomas. The percentages of active and total T-lymphocytes were significantly decreased in all glioblastomas and two among six astrocytomas, but normal in all meningiomas.
