Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist influences absolute levels of lymphocyte subsets in vivo in male mice

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 134-143

  Rao, L V ^a,b   Cleveland, R P ^a   Kimmel, R J ^a   Ataya, K M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b John Sealy Hospital and John Sealy Annex   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune system; Lupron depot; Lymphocyte subsets; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029885901     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1996.18     Document Type: Article

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