Immune functions of nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissue

Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2011, Pages 20-24

  Brandtzaeg, Per ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NASOPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NASOPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052427630     PISSN: 00653071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000324588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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