The role of the thymus in immunosenescence: Lessons from the study of thymectomized individuals

Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Appay, Victor ^a   Sauce, Delphine ^a   Prelog, Martina ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Immunosenescence; T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AGING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; RISK; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

AGING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RISK; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954681312     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100122     Document Type: Review

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