In vitro studies of spontaneous and corticosteroid-induced apoptosis of lymphocyte populations from metamorphosing frogs/RU486 inhibition

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-131

  Barker, Katherine S ^a   Davis, Tray A ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FROG; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; TADPOLE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031171641     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1997.0489     Document Type: Article

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