Possible functional immunotoxicity of acrylonitrile (VCN)

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Hamada, F M ^a   Abdel Aziz, A H ^a   Abd Allah, A R ^a   Ahmed, A E ^a,b  

^a Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; BROXURIDINE; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ILEUM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0032006671     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0264     Document Type: Article

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