Distribution and cytological properties of macrophages in human fallopian tubes

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-19

  Katabuchi, Hidetaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes, human; Immunohistochemistry; Macrophages; Smooth muscle cells; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL COUNT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0031770639     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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