Increased Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis of Thymocytes from Mice Exposed to Long-Term Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Ismael, Sebastião J ^a   Callera, Fernando ^a   Garcia, Aglair B ^a   Baffa, Oswaldo ^a   Falcão, Roberto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dexamethasone induced apoptosis; Magnetic fields; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS;

DEXAMETHASONE-INDUCED APOPTOSIS; DEXAMETHASONES; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; INDUCED APOPTOSIS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATHS; SPLEEN CELLS; THYMOCYTES;

CELL DEATH;

ANIMALIA;

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOUSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; MALE; MICE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031600959     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:2<131::AID-BEM13>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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