Bacterial adherence to the surface and isolated cell epithelium of the palatine tonsils

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 620-626

  Fredriksen, Fredrik ^a   Räisänen, Simo ^a   Myklebust, Reidar ^a   Stenfors, Lars Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Bacteriological techniques; Electron microscopy; Inflammation; Tonsillar bacteriology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHILD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029882480     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137899     Document Type: Article

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