Nerve growth factor immunoreactivity of mast cells in acute involuted human thymus

Inflammation

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Marinova, Tsvetana ^a   Philipov, Stanislav ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mast cells; NGF immunoreactivity; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION; INVOLUTION; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; SEPSIS; THYMUS;

EID: 33947319959     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-006-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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