Aging of the Vertebrate Immune System

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-481

  Torroba, Marta ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Immune system; Lower vertebrates; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

'CURRENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; LOW VERTEBRATE; LYMPHOID ORGANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NATURAL POPULATION; SPLEEN; THYMOCYTES; VERTEBRATE IMMUNE SYSTEM;

THYMUS;

AGING; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344585306     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10409     Document Type: Article

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