Changes in the B-cell repertoire with age

Vaccine

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1624-1628

  Weksler, Marc E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunology; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGING; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033962638     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(99)00497-1     Document Type: Article

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