The immune status in situ of recurrent tonsillitis and idiopathic tonsillar hypertrophy

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 140-144

  Semberova, J ^a   Rychly, B ^b   Hanzelova, J ^c   Jakubikova, J ^a  

^a University Children's Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Cytopathos   (Slovakia)

^c University Hospital ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Histology; Idiopathic tonsillar hypertrophy; Immunity; Immunohistochemistry; Recurrent tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; RECURRENCE; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84875509860     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2013_031     Document Type: Article

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