A previously unrecognized site of local accumulation of mononuclear cells: The vascular-associated lymphoid tissue

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1347-1350

  Waltner Romen, Maria ^a   Falkensammer, Gerda ^b   Rabl, Walter ^b   Wick, Georg ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosi; Dendritic cells; Mast cells; VALT (vascular associated lymphoid tissue)

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031730671     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804601202     Document Type: Article

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