Cocaine/sex type effects on T lymphocytes: A preliminary report

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-119

  Xu, Weidong ^a   Tyor, William R ^a   Middaugh, Lawrence D ^a   Boggan, William O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CONCANAVALIN A; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREPUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029934081     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480549609002200     Document Type: Article

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