Thymic function can be accurately monitored by the level of recent T cell emigrants in the circulation

Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Kong, Fan Kun ^b   Chen, Chen Lo H ^b   Cooper, Max D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0031885673     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80462-8     Document Type: Article

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