Effect of dietary choline deficiency on immunocompetence in Wistar rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-526

  Courrèges, Maria C ^a   Benencia, Fabian ^a   Uceda, Ana ^a   Monserrat, Alberto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Choline deficiency; Immunocompetence; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLINE; CONCANAVALIN A; HEMAGGLUTINATING ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OVALBUMIN; OVALBUMIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

OVIS ARIES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 18144439912     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00544-4     Document Type: Article

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