Age-related changes in the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-82

  Ditamo, Yanina ^a   Degano, Alicia L ^a   Maccio, Daniela R ^a   Pistoresi Palencia, Maria Cristina ^a   Roth, German A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ageing; Demyelination; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

AGE; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; RAT; TH1 CELL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TH1 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 13144249175     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2004.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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