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Immunotoxicology in the pharmaceutical industry.

Development of an immunotoxicology program within the pharmaceutical industry is described. With few guidelines in the area and a multitude of factors to consider, a basic screen for evaluating immune competence in species routinely used in toxicologic studies has been proposed. The future of immuno...

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Autor principal: Norbury, K C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1982
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7037389
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Sumario:Development of an immunotoxicology program within the pharmaceutical industry is described. With few guidelines in the area and a multitude of factors to consider, a basic screen for evaluating immune competence in species routinely used in toxicologic studies has been proposed. The future of immunotoxicology depends upon the ability of the selected immune function tests to be predictive of human risk.