Gender differences in autoimmune demyelination in the mouse: Implications for multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 724-733

  Voskuhl, Rhonda R ^a   Pitchekian Halabi, Hilda ^a   MacKenzie Graham, Allan ^a   McFarland, Henry F ^b   Raine, Cedric S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DEMYELINATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MOVEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; H-Y ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030009123     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390608     Document Type: Article

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