Structural heterogeneity and immunohistochemical profile of Hassall corpuscles in normal human thymus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Raica, Marius ^a   Encicǎ, Svetlana ^b   Motoc, Andrei ^a   Cîmpean, Anca Maria ^a   Scridon, Traian ^c   Bârsan, Mircea ^c  

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

^b Nicolae Stancioiu Heart Institute   (Romania)

^c Department of Anatomy Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Epithelial cells; Hassall corpuscles; Human thymus; Immunohistochemistry; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAMPLE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 33745505150     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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