Modelling of the immune response: Conceptual frameworks and applications

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1609-1630

  De Angelis, E ^a   Mesin, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular models; Immune competition; Kinetic theory; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035730668     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202501001501     Document Type: Article

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