Structure of thymic cysts in congenital lymph nodes-lacking mice

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Nakamura, Y ^a,b   Qu, N ^a   Terayama, H ^a   Naito, M ^a   Yi, S Q ^a   Moriyama, H ^a,c   Itoh, M ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; THYMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; THYMUS GLAND;

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EID: 40649086501     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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