Age-Related Changes in the Avian Primary Lymphoid Organs (Thymus and Bursa of Fabricius)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 482-487

  Ciriaco, Emilia ^a,c   Píñera, Pablo P ^b   Díaz Esnal, Belén ^b   Laurà, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Avian thymus; Bursa of Fabricius

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

'CURRENT; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; AVIAN THYMUS; BURSA OF FABRICII; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; LYMPHOID ORGANS; TIME FRAME;

THYMUS;

AGING; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; FOWL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344153745     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10416     Document Type: Article

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