Variants able to cause growth hormone deficiency syndrome are present within the disease-nil WE strain of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus?

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8988-8992

  Buesa Gomez, Javier ^a,b   Teng, Michael N ^a   Oldstone, Christopher E ^a   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a   De La Torre, Juan C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0029926534     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8988-8992.1996     Document Type: Article

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