Distribution of myocardial macrophages in the normal human heart

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Azzawi, May ^a,d   Hasleton, Philip S ^c   Kan, Sau Wan ^b   Hillier, Valerie F ^b   Quigley, Alicia ^b   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mononuclear phagocytes; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030700459     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19130417.x     Document Type: Article

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