Expression of a local immune defense system in the female genital tract. An immunohistochemical study

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-143

  Kondi Paphitis, A ^a   Carvounis, H ^a   Kairi, E ^a   Frangou, M ^a   Papayanopoulou, A ^a   Deligeorgi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genital tract; IgA; Secretory component

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY COMPONENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE TUBE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; SECRETORY COMPONENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033023143     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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