Ageing and immunological function in man

Gerontology

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1972, Pages 285-304

  MaCkay, I R ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Autoantibodies; Immunocompetence; Immunoepidemiology; Immunopathology

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGE; AGING; AUTOIMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SKIN TEST; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0015486232     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000211941     Document Type: Article

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