The BB/Wor rat and the balance hypothesis of autoimmunity

Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Mordes, John P ^a   Bortell, Rita ^a   Doukas, John ^a   Rigby, Mark ^a   Whalen, Barbara ^a   Zipris, Danny ^a   Greiner, Dale L ^a   Rossini, Aldo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; HEREDITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029760157     PISSN: 07424221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0895(199607)12:2<103::AID-DMR157>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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