Restricted and individual usage of T-cell receptor β-gene variables in nickel-induced CD4+ and CD8+ cells

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-102

  Silvennoinen Kassinen, S ^a,b   Karvonen, J ^a   Ikaheimo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; NICKEL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031871167     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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