The first histological and immunohistochemical examination of thymus in a case of fetus in fetu

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 232-236

  Varga, Ivan ^a   Jablonska, Veronika ^b   Cingel, Vladimir ^a   Kubikova, Eliska ^a   Dorko, Frantisek ^c   Polak, Stefan ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Fetus in fetu; Non dominant twin; Thymic development; Thymic microenvironment; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS IN FETU; HEART FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; S100 PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

MYOIDA;

EID: 77955846564     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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