Sex differences in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in multiple murine strains

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 59-69

  Papenfuss, Tracey L ^a   Rogers, Connie J ^a,b   Gienapp, Ingrid ^a   Yurrita, Maria ^a   McClain, Melanie ^a   Damico, Nicole ^a   Valo, Janie ^a   Song, Fei ^a   Whitacre, Caroline C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Gender; Mouse strains; Multiple sclerosis; Sex; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, INBRED NZB; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIECTOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842737784     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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