Experimental studies on genetically determined susceptibility to mercury-induced autoimmune response

Renal Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Nielsen, Jesper Bo ^a   Hultman, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antinucleolar antibodies; Autoimmunity; Genetic susceptibility; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MERCURY; MERCURY 203;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032984633     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229909085097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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