The role of dendritic cells in the development of chronic tonsillar disease in children

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 98-100

  Brodsky, Linda ^a,b   Frankel, Sara ^a   Gorfien, Janet ^a   Rossman, Jon ^a   Noble, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoids; Antigen presenting cells; Bacteriology; Dendritic cells; Tonsillitis; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADENOID; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TONSILLITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITE; EPITHELIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITES; EPITHELIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0029657810     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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