The incidence of thymic B lymphoid follicles in healthy beagle dogs

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 214-219

  Ploemen, Jan Peter H T M ^a,b   Ravesloot, Wilma T M ^a   Van Esch, Eric ^a  

^a NV Organon ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Toxicology and Drug Disposition   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Canine; Germinal center; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphoid follicles; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INVOLUTION; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOGS; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037350265     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230309811     Document Type: Article

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