Sex hormones and immunosenescence

Handbook on Immunosenescence: Basic Understanding and Clinical Applications

Volumn 9781402090639, Issue , 2009, Pages 799-831

  Gomez, Christian R ^a,b   Nomellini, Vanessa ^a   Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9063-9_42     Document Type: Chapter

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