Hormones and the immune response.
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Hormones and the Immune Response
This small volume consists of some recent, loosely related studies of endlocrine aspects of immunology. Of particular interest are the articles by Wlhite and Goldstein, and by Trainin and Small, summarizin-g present knowledge of "thymosin," the eltusive immunocompetence-granting factor suggeste(d by experiments in the midlclle 1960's. These investigators hiave isolated factors producing effects...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.48.1.1