Defining critical windows in the development of the human immune system

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 499-505

  West, Lori S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immaturity; Immune reactivity; Lymphohematopoiesis; Lymphopoiesis; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MATURATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOPOIESIS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0036760213     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327102ht288oa     Document Type: Review

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