Fetal thymic medulla functional alterations in Down's syndrome

Minerva Medica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Papadopoulos, N ^a   Simopoulos, C ^a   Venizelos, J ^b   Kotini, A ^a   Skaphida, P ^c   Tamiolakis, D ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c University General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Down syndrome; Pregnancy; Thymus gland

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PLASMA CELL; PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; DOWN SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0142183799     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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