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Thymus Atrophy and Double-Positive Escape Are Common Features in Infectious Diseases
The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ in which bone marrow-derived T-cell precursors undergo differentiation, leading to migration of positively selected thymocytes to the T-cell-dependent areas of secondary lymphoid organs. This organ can undergo atrophy, caused by several endogenous and exogenous...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22518275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/574020 |