Restoration of the thymus in aging mice by in vivo zinc supplementation

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 127-135

  Dardenne, Mireille ^a   Boukaiba, Nadia ^b,c   Gagnerault, Marie Claude ^a   Homo Delarche, Françoise ^a   Chappuis, Philippe ^b,c   Lemonnier, Daniel ^b,c   Savino, Wilson ^d  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0027533814     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1993.1016     Document Type: Article

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