Histological and immunohistological investigation of lymphoid tissue in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-171

  Connolly, J H ^a   Canfield, P J ^a   McClure, S J ^b   Whittington, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

BALT; GALT; Lymphoid nodules; Monotremes; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC FIBER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPLEEN; SUBMUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRONCHI; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEYER'S PATCHES; PLASMA CELLS; PLATYPUS; RETICULOCYTES; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; BRONCHUS; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; THERIA;

EID: 0032823304     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005233     Document Type: Article

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