Sex differences in susceptibility to viral infection of the central nervous system

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-39

  Barna, Maria ^a   Komatsu, Takashi ^a   Bi, Zhengbiao ^a   Reiss, Carol S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Central nervous system immunity; Disease susceptibility; Neutropic viral infection; Sex bias; Sexual dimorphism; T cell

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030176199     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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