We have summarized current knowledge on the aging of the immune system in three vertebrate groups: fish, amphibians and birds. Available data are few due to difficulties in studying ageing in natural populations and in accurately determining age. In all vertebrates, the most obvious evidence of the
Immunosenescence: ageing of the immune system
β Scribed by Graham Pawelec; Medi Adibzadeh; Heike Pohla; Kurt Schaudt
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5699
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