The influence of mouse housing density on autoimmune reactivity

Autoimmunity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-214

  Grewal, Iqbal S ^a,b   Miller, Alexander ^a   Sercarz, Eli E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune plaques; Autoimmunity; Housing; Immune response

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROWDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0031404766     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939709008026     Document Type: Article

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