Failure of anti-tumor immunity in mammals - Evolution of the hypothesis

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Bubanovic, I ^a   Najman, S ^b  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Yugoslavia)

^b Institute for Biology   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Anti tumor immunity; Mammals; Pregnancy; Trophoblast; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; MAMMALS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542381089     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ACBI.0000015912.27661.b8     Document Type: Article

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