Immunohistological patterns of non-neoplastic changes in the thymus in Myasthenia gravis

Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 237-257

  Kirchner, Thomas ^a   Schalke, Berthold ^a   Melms, Arthur ^b   von Kügelgen, Thomas ^a   Müller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistology; Myasthenia gravis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMITIS; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0022905181     PISSN: 00426431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02889966     Document Type: Article

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