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How sex and age affect immune responses, susceptibility to infections, and response to vaccination

Do men die young and sick, or do women live long and healthy? By trying to explain the sexual dimorphism in life expectancy, both biological and environmental aspects are presently being addressed. Besides age-related changes, both the immune and the endocrine system exhibit significant sex-specific...

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Autores principales: Giefing-Kröll, Carmen, Berger, Peter, Lepperdinger, Günter, Grubeck-Loebenstein, Beatrix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25720438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acel.12326