The effect of cigarette smoking on cervical langerhans cells and T and B lymphocytes in normal uterine cervix epithelium

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-553

  Campaner, Adriana Bittencourt ^a   Nadais, Ricardo F ^a   Galvão, Maria Antonieta L ^a  

^a Medical Science College of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervix; Langerhans cells; Lymphocytes; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERUS MYOMA; EPITHELIUM; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 73949098666     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181aa232d     Document Type: Article

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