Age-dependent histoarchitectural changes in human lymph nodes: An underestimated process with clinical relevance?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 556-562

  Hadamitzky, Catarina ^a,b   Spohr, Hendrik ^b   Debertin, Anette S ^c   Guddat, Saskia ^d   Tsokos, Michael ^d   Pabst, Reinhard ^e  

^a Hand and Reconstructive Surgery   (Germany)

^b Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy   (Germany)

^c Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age dependent degeneration; Ageing; Immune senescence; Lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIPOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE SECTION; VENULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953158169     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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