Follicular dendritic cells in TSE pathogenesis

Immunology Today

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 442-446

  Bruce, Moira E ^a   Brown, Karen L ^a   Mabbott, Neil A ^a   Farquhar, Christine F ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0033827358     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01696-0     Document Type: Note

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