Mechanisms of tolerance to self

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 815-821

  Miller, Jacques F A P ^a   Basten, Antony ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; BONE MARROW; CLONAL ANERGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0030443705     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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