Longevity and the immune response

Biogerontology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-278

  Aspinall, Richard ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Female; Longevity; Male; Thymic atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; REVIEW; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034578448     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010046532657     Document Type: Review

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