Alterations in thymopoiesis in intact and peripubertally orchidectomized adult rats of different age

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-411

  Leposavic, Gordana ^a,b   Pejči Karapetrovi, Branka ^a   Kosec, Duško ^a  

^a Institute for Virology and Immunology Torlak   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Castration; T cell differentiation; Thymus

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WEIGHT;

EID: 0036138232     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00399-2     Document Type: Article

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