Changes in the immune system during menopause and aging

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 2 E, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1299-1303

  Gameiro, Catia ^a   Romao, Fatima ^a,b  

^a Garcia de Orta's Hospital   (Portugal)

^b Tuberculosis Committee of the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Immune system; Immunosenescence; Menopause; Review; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957353834     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e190     Document Type: Article

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