Miller's seminal studies on the role of thymus in immunity

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-375

  Ribatti, D ^a   Crivellato, E ^b   Vacca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Immunology; Thymus

Indexed keywords

HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33744473759     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03060.x     Document Type: Review

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