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121total lymphocyte count — a test that may be useful as an indicator of nutritional status and outcome …
122Hodgkin disease lymphocyte depletion type — a type of Hodgkin disease characterized by a low number of lymphocytes and an abundance of Reed Sternberg cells with fibrosis; it is the most aggressive of the three diffuse types of Hodgkin disease. Called also Hodgkin sarcoma …
123Hodgkin disease lymphocyte predominance type — a type of Hodgkin disease characterized by a diffuse to slightly nodular infiltrate with abundant mature lymphocytes and varying numbers of benign histiocytes; there are few Reed Sternberg cells and the degree of malignancy is low. Most patients… …
124B lymphocyte stimulatory factors — (BSF) a system of nomenclature for factors that stimulate B cells, replacing individual factor names (e.g., B cell differentiation factor). Each factor is designated by BSF and a number, BSF1, BSF2, etc., with the letter p prefixed to the number… …
125Rieder lymphocyte — Rieder cell …
126primed lymphocyte typing — (PLT) a technique used for typing of Class II HLA antigens: unknown cells are exposed to a panel of lymphocytes primed against specific HLA antigens by prior coculture with stimulator cells that matched the primed cells at all but one HLA locus;… …
127cytotoxic T lymphocyte — killer T cells, immune system cell that kills cancerous or infected cells, primary type of cell involved in cell mediated immunity, CTL (Immunology) …
128tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte — TIL a lymphoid cell that can infiltrate solid tumours. Such cells can be cultured in vitro, in the presence of interleukin 2, and have been used as vehicles for tumour necrosis factor in gene therapy trials for cancer …