The B-cell biology of aging

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 103-114

  Klinman, Norman R ^a   Kline, Gregory H ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; MICE;

EID: 0031448877     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1997.tb01031.x     Document Type: Review

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