Natural and induced tolerance in an immune network model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-534

  León, Kalet ^a   Carneiro, Jorge ^b,c   Peréz, Rolando ^a   Montero, Enrique ^a   Lage, Agustin ^a  

^a CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MODEL; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0032493615     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0720     Document Type: Article

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