A comparative study of the spatial distribution of mast cells and microvessels in the foetal, adult human thymus and thymoma

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Raica, Marius ^a   Cimpean, Anca Maria ^a   Nico, Beatrice ^b   Guidolin, Diego ^c   Ribatti, Domenico ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Mast cell; Microvessels; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CD34 SELECTION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STAINING; THYMOMA; THYMUS; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAST CELLS; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 74549157169     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2009.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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