Ontogeny of milky spots in the human greater omentum: An immunochemical study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Krist, Lambert F G ^a,c   Koenen, Hans ^b   Calame, Wim ^b   Van Der Harten, Johannes J ^c   Van Der Linden, Johannes C ^c   Eestermans, Inge L ^b   Meyer, Sybren ^c   Beelen, Robert H J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human greater omentum; Light microscopy; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Milky spots; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; OMENTUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030810261     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199711)249:3<399::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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