Quantitative study of germinal center area in norma[, and diseased tonsils using image analysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 398-402

  Gorfien, Janet L ^a   Noble, Bernice ^a   Hard, Robert ^b   Brodsky, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Germinal center area; Image analysis; Tonsil; Tonsillar hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0032933636     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800414     Document Type: Article

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