Self-tolerance and Autoimmunity in a Regulatory T Cell Model

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-71

  Alexander, H K ^a   Wahl, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Theoretical immunology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151478290     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9519-2     Document Type: Article

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