Quantification of adrenergic nerve fibers in human thymus at various ages

Biomedical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-83

  Cavallotti, D ^a   Artico, M ^a   Cavallotti, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISSECTION; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN CONTENT; STAINING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THYMUS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0033844842     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.21.73     Document Type: Article

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