Esophageal epithelium of women with AIDS: Thickness and local immunity

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-252

  Rocha, Laura ^a   Silva, Renata ^a   Olegário, Janaínna ^a   Corrĉa, Rosana ^a   Teixeira, Vicente ^a   Cavellani, Camila ^a  

^a Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Atrophy; Epithelium; Esophagus; Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALNUTRITION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; THICKNESS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNITY; LANGERHANS CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77950864739     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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