Lymphoid distribution in the migratory gull Larus ridibundus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 749-756

  Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   De La Fuente, Mónica ^b  

^a University of Pompeu Fabra   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Gull; Immune System; Leukocyte; Lymphocyte; Migratory cycle; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; LARUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 0242711329     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00243-5     Document Type: Article

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