Heterogeneity of mouse thymic macrophages: I. Immunohistochemical analysis

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Soga, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Masanori ^a   Yagi, Hideki ^a   Kayaba, Shoichi ^a   Ishii, Tadashi ^a   Gotoh, Takahiro ^a   Itoh, Tsunetoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IA ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031006377     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.53     Document Type: Article

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