Significance of M-cells in the panautoprotection of the body

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 43-46

  Karchev, Todor ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biointegration mediators; Nasal tonsil; Panautoprotective paradigm; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; TONSIL; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MICE; TERMINOLOGY; TONSIL;

EID: 0029657799     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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