Reversible disruption of thymic function by steroid treatment

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6500-6505

  Kong, Fan Kun ^a   Chen, Chen Lo H ^a   Cooper, Max D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0037097551     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.12.6500     Document Type: Article

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