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The thymus selects the useful, neglects the useless and destroys the harmful
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Tolerance in T-cell-receptor transgenic mice involves deletion of nonmature CD4+8+ thymocytes
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Self-citationT-cell receptor Vβ use predicts reactivity and tolerance to Mlsa- encoded antigens
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Self-citationIn a radiation chimaera, host H–2 antigens determine immune responsiveness of donor cytotoxic cells
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Self-citationNeuroendocrine Control of Thymus Physiology*
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Metadata
- Authors
- von Boehmer, H., Teh, H. S., & Kisielow, P.
- Venue
- Immunology Today
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1989-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 57-61
- ISSN
- 0167-5699 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2148615757
- Cited by
- 369
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 16.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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