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A Pituitary‐Thymus Connection during Aginga

1988; Wiley; Volume: 521; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb35267.x

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Keith W. Kelley, Donna R. Davila, Susan Brief, Joseph Simon, Seán Arkins,

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Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 521, Issue 1 p. 88-98 A Pituitary-Thymus Connection during Aginga KEITH W. KELLEY, KEITH W. KELLEY Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorDONNA R. DAVILA, DONNA R. DAVILA Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorSUSAN BRIEF, SUSAN BRIEF Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorJOSEPH SIMON, JOSEPH SIMON Department of Veterinary Pathobiology University of Illinois 162 Animal Sciences Laboratory 1207 West Gregory Drive Urbana, Illinois 61801Search for more papers by this authorSEAN ARKINS, SEAN ARKINS Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this author KEITH W. KELLEY, KEITH W. KELLEY Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorDONNA R. DAVILA, DONNA R. DAVILA Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorSUSAN BRIEF, SUSAN BRIEF Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this authorJOSEPH SIMON, JOSEPH SIMON Department of Veterinary Pathobiology University of Illinois 162 Animal Sciences Laboratory 1207 West Gregory Drive Urbana, Illinois 61801Search for more papers by this authorSEAN ARKINS, SEAN ARKINS Laboratory of Immunophysiology Department of Animal SciencesSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1988 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb35267.xCitations: 15 a This research was supported by grants to Keith W. Kelley from the National Institutes of Health (AG06246-01), the United States Department of Agriculture (86-CRCR-1-2003) and the Moorman Manufacturing Company. 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