Sorry for the late response but I was on vacation. Have you thought about autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome? Apparently these children have so-called double negatives (CD3+, CD4 and CD8 negative). Check out this article: Journal of pediatrics Vol 133 No 5 Nov 98 Andrea Illingworth Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services Flow Cytometry 333 State Street Bangor, Maine 04401 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Attila Tarnok <tarnok@medizin.uni-leipzig.de> To: cyto-inbox Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:51 PM Subject: Strange T-cell subset > > We found in the peripheral blood of a group of children with congenital > heart disease a strange population of T-cells (CD3+) that are neither > alpha,betaTCR nor gamma,deltaTCR positive. By calculations these > CD3+a,b/g,dTCR- cells are CD4-and CD8-. > Does anyone have an idea what these cells might be? > > Sincerely, > Attila Tarnok > >
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