Changes in lymphoid tissue after treatment with a gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist in the neonatal marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 256-265

  Mann, David R ^a   Howie, Sarah ^b   Paulsen, Douglas F ^a   Akinbami, Mukaila A ^a   Lunn, Stephen F ^c   Fraser, Hamish M ^c  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B cells; GnRH; Immune system development; Infant primate; T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MARMOSET; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYMUS;

EID: 0031881386     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00362.x     Document Type: Article

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