Clues to B-cell memory

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 743-744

  Fuchs, Ephraim ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0029906267     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0796-743     Document Type: Short Survey

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