Glucocorticosteroids as immunosuppressive agents

Seminars in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery-Small Animal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 150-156

  Cohn, Leah A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0031201666     PISSN: 08820511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-2867(97)80026-6     Document Type: Article

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