Controlling the immune system: Diffuse feedback via a diffuse informational network

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 239, Issue , 2001, Pages 31-40

  Segel, Lee A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

EID: 0035224512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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