A pronounced thymic B cell deficiency in the spontaneously diabetic BB rat

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5554-5559

  Tullin, Søren ^a   Farris, Paul ^a   Petersen, Jacob Steen ^a   Hornum, Lars ^a   Jackerott, Malene ^a   Markholst, Helle ^a  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOBREEDING RAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PATHOLOGY; RAT; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOPENIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031157743     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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