Tolerating the nervous system: A delicate balance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 757-760

  Huseby, Eric S ^a   Goverman, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ISOPROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034610975     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.5.757     Document Type: Note

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