An immunological correlation between the anchoring filaments of initial lymph vessels and the neighboring elastic fibers: A unified morphofunctional concept

Lymphology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 194-202

  Solito, R ^a   Alessandrini, C ^a   Fruschelli, M ^a   Pucci, A M ^a   Gerli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS;

EID: 0031431261     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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