Report of validation study of assessment of direct immunotoxicity in the rat

Toxicology

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 183-201

  Dayan, A D ^a   Kuper, F ^a   Madsen, C ^a   Smialowicz, R J ^a   Smith, E ^a   Van Loveren, H ^a   Vos, J G ^a   White, K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Cyclosporin A; Immunotoxicity; International Collaborative Immunotoxicity Study

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AZATHIOPRINE; CELL DIVISION; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MITOGENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLEEN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032489063     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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