Changes in the aging immune system

Biologicals

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-208

  Grubeck Loebenstein, Beatrix ^a  

^a Institute for Biomedical Aging Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD45 ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031171320     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/biol.1997.0085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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