Interplay in vitro between ACTH, β-endorphin, and glucocorticoids in the modulation of spontaneous and lymphokine-inducible human natural killer (NK) cell activity

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 16-28

  Gatti, Giovanni ^a   Masera, Rosa Gabriella ^a   Pallavicini, Luca ^a   Sartori, Maria Luisa ^a   Staurenghi, Antonio ^a   Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Angeli, Alberto ^a  

^a Divisione Universitaria di Neurologia   (Italy)

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EID: 0027203152     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1993.1002     Document Type: Article

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