Age variations in number and structure of human gingival Langerhans cells

Biocell

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Zavala, Walther ^a   Cavicchia, Juan C ^a   Sacerdote, Fabio ^a  

^a Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gingival epithelium; Human; Langerhans cell; Oral mucosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011717928     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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