The crypt system of the human conjunctiva

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 867-872

  Knop, Nadja ^a   Knop, Erich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SECRETORY COMPONENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; CONJUNCTIVA CRYPT; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER EYELID; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECRETORY CELL; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPPER EYELID;

EID: 0036926510     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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