Cytokeratin expression in normal human thymus at different ages

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 842-847

  Masunaga, Atsuko ^a   Sugawara, Isamu ^b   Nakamura, Hisayoshi ^b   Yoshitake, Tsuyoshi ^c   Itoyama, Shinji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokeratin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

EID: 0031416072     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb03715.x     Document Type: Article

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