Histological features in routine tonsillectomy specimens: The presence and the proportion of mesenchymal tissues and seromucinous glands

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 911-913

  Erkiliç, Suna ^a,b   Aydin, Abdullah ^a   Koçer, N Emrah ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Fevzi Çakmak Bulvari ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mesoderm; Tissue; Tonsil; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESODERM; MUCUS GLAND; PALATINE TONSILLECTOMY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MESODERM; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036852301     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150260369435     Document Type: Article

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