Journal of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
Online ISSN : 1884-6211
Print ISSN : 0911-5889
ISSN-L : 0911-5889
Cell-mediated immunity in chronic hemodialysis patients in relation to the period of dialysis
Yoshiyuki OzonoYoshiaki MurayaMasahiro KawatomiYoshinobu HiraiTakashi HaradaKohei HaraKoichi TauraShinichiro MastuoTakeshi HiroseGenichiro MastukumaMorikazu Funakoshi
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1988 Volume 21 Issue 11 Pages 1027-1031

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We investigated cell-mediated immunity in dialysis patients. The data indicated that dialysis patients have lymphopenia, decreased reaction of PPD and decreased blastoid formation of PHA.
PPD reaction and T-cell function decreased in the early stage of dialysis and improved in the stage of maintenance dialysis, then subsequently decreased again in the long-term stage of dialysis.
These data suggests that patiens on dialysis have decreased immunologic host defense in the early and long-term stages of dialysis.
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