IL-6, DHEA and the ageing process

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 15-24

  James, K ^a   Premchand, N ^a   Skibinska, A ^a   Skibinski, G ^a   Nicol, M ^a   Mason, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Interleukin 6; Plasma

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0030887803     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01807-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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