Methyl mercury-induced autoimmunity in mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Hultman, Per ^a   Hansson Georgiadis, Helén ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

H2 ANTIGEN; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS DEPRESSICORNIS;

EID: 0032972719     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8576     Document Type: Article

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