Ontogeny of the response of human peripheral blood T cells to glucocorticoids

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-297

  Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a   Cats, Bernard ^a   Visser, Gerard H A ^b   Zegers, Ben J M ^a   Bakker, Joost M ^c   Van Rees, Emmelien P ^c   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADULT; AGING; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; AGING; CELL DIVISION; DEXAMETHASONE; FETAL BLOOD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030225633     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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