Effect of pinealectomy on immune parameters in rats with Staphylococcus aureus infection

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-30

  Beskonakli, E ^a   Palaoglu, S ^b   Aksaray, S ^a   Alanoglu, G ^a   Turhan, T ^a   Taskin, Y ^a  

^a Hacettepe University School of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immune system; Infection; Pinealectomy; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034840515     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011962     Document Type: Article

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