Lymphocyte-rich Hassall bodies in the normal human thymus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-177

  Raica, Marius ^a   Cimpean, Anca Maria ^a   Encica, Svetlana ^b   Motoc, Andrei ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Niculae Stancioiu Heart Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hassall bodies; Lymphocyte rich variant; Normal human thymus

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRANULOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 21244483011     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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