Semiquantitative morphological analysis of stromal cells in the irradiated and recovering rat thymus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-157

  Arudchelvan, Yamini ^a   Tokuda, Nobuko ^a   Tamechika, Masakatsu ^a   Wang, Yu Hsueh ^a   Mizutani, Noriko ^a   Sawada, Tomoo ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuhito ^a   Fukumoto, Tetsuo ^a   Shinozaki, Fumihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033940603     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.147     Document Type: Article

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