A common migratory highway between human spleen and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues; data from nature's own experiments

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 380-382

  Spencer, J ^a   Dogan, A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTRECTOMY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH MUCOSA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 69249101724     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.91     Document Type: Note

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