Season-specific thymic architecture in the frog, Rana temporaria: SEM studies

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Miodoński, Adam J ^a   Bigaj, Janusz ^b   Mika, Joanna ^c   Płytycz, Barbara ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Rana temporaria; Scanning electron microscopy; Seasonal changes; Thymic cell number; Thymic vasculature; Thymic weight; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYMUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0030110920     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(96)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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