Homeostatic mechanisms in the control of autoimmunity

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Heath, Victoria ^a   Mason, Don ^a   Ramirez, Francisco ^a   Seddon, Benedict ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Autoimmunity; Dominant control; Regulatory cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; HOMEOSTASIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0031466187     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1997.0095     Document Type: Article

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