Immunoglobulin-secreting cells in the surface secretion on the pharyngeal tonsils

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 939-943

  Ivarsson, M ^a   Quiding Jarbrink M ^b   Lundberg, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenoids; B cells; Immunoglobulins; Mucosal immunity; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADENOID; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 1642602511     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950180324     Document Type: Article

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