Immediate hypersensitivity in the flinders rat: Further evidence for a possible link between susceptibility to allergies and depression

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 196-206

  Djurić, Veljko J ^a   Overstreet, David H ^a   Bienenstock, John ^a   Perdue, Mary H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0028790509     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1995.1019     Document Type: Article

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