Conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue in the human eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1270-1279

  Knop, Nadja ^b   Knop, Erich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONJUNCTIVA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD3; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; SECRETORY COMPONENT;

EID: 0034060151     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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