Age-dependent changes in B lymphocyte development in man and mouse

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Ghia, Paolo ^a   Melchers, Fritz ^b   Rolink, Antonius G ^b  

^a Laboratorio di Ematologia Oncologica   (Italy)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; CELL AGING; HUMANS; LEUKOPOIESIS; MICE;

EID: 0034069555     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(99)00095-9     Document Type: Review

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