Histological and immunohistological study of the developing and involuting superficial cervical thymus in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-169

  Canfield, Paul ^a   Hemsley, Susan ^a   Connolly, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphoid tissue; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOPOIESIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INJURY; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; PLASMA CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029776382     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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