Reversal of ageing changes in the thymus of rats by chemical or surgical castration

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 555-564

  Kendall, Marion D ^a   Fitzpatrick, Fenella T A ^a   Greenstein, B D ^a   Khoylou, Fariba ^a   Safieh, B ^a   Hamblin, Anne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Castration; Class II MHC; LHRH analogue; Monoclonal antibodies; Rat (CSE Wistar); Thymus

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GOSERELIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BUSERELIN; GOSERELIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0024996094     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00313535     Document Type: Article

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