T lymphocytes in the murine vaginal mucosa are phenotypically distinct from those in the periphery

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3793-3799

  Fidel Jr , Paul L ^a,b   Wolf, Norbert A ^a   KuKuruga, Mark A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VAGINA MUCOSA;

EID: 9544244787     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3793-3799.1996     Document Type: Article

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