Distribution of age-related thymulin titres in normal subjects through the course of life

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 444-447

  Consolini, R ^a   Legitimo, A ^a   Calleri, A ^a   Milani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FTS; Thymic ageing; Thymulin

Indexed keywords

THYMULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033851489     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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