Surface and volume density of CD1a+ langerhans cells in the human oral mucosa: A stereological study using vertical sections

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Bahmer, F A ^a,c   Scharrer, E ^b  

^a Dermatologische Klinik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Zentralkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human oral mucosa; Langerhans cells; Surface density; Volume density

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030985360     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(97)80091-X     Document Type: Article

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