Apoptosis of Vβ8.2+ T lymphocytes in the spinal cord during recovery from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced in Lewis rats by inoculation with myelin basic protein

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  McCombe, P A ^a   Nickson, I ^a   Tabi, Z ^a   Pender, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Recovery; T cell deletion; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030200641     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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