Abundance of intraepithelial γδ T cells in hypertrophic obstructive but not in chronically infected adenoids

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 396-403

  Olofsson, K ^a   Hellstrom S ^a   Hammarstrom M L ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adenoid; bacterial colonization; human intraepithelial T cells; immunomorphometry; otitis media

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADENOID; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRANULOCYTE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029803980     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-825.x     Document Type: Article

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