Larynx-associated lymphoid tissue (LALT) in young children

Anatomical Record

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Kracke, Anja ^a   Hiller, Anette Solveig ^a   Tschernig, Thomas ^a   Kasper, Michael ^b   Kleemann, Werner Johann ^a   Tröger, Hans Dieter ^a   Pabst, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Human larynx; Lymphocyte subsets; MALT; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LARYNX; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNX; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030926099     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199707)248:3<413::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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