Effects of thymomimetic drugs and zinc supplementation on the cellular immune response in hydrocortisone-suppressed mice

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 469-475

  Obminska Domoradzka B ^a   Szczypka, M ^a   Debowy J ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; THYMUS EXTRACT; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPLEEN; TFX; THYMUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DITIOCARB; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPLEEN; THYMUS EXTRACTS; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

EID: 0036939754     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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