Development of the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and liver in the marsupial, Isoodon macrourus (Northern brown bandicoot, Peramelidae)

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-443

  Cisternas, Paula A ^a   Armati, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Histology; Lymphoid organs; Marsupial; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD FILTER; CAPILLARY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; THYMUS;

EID: 0032853201     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050293     Document Type: Article

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