The normal human newborns thymus

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 402-408

  Jablonska Mestanova, V ^a   Sisovsky, V ^b   Danisovic, L ^b   Polak, S ^b   Varga, I ^b  

^a University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apop tosis; Dendritic cells; Immunohistochemistry; Macrophages; Microenvironment; Myoid cells; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; THYMUS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84880943182     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2013_086     Document Type: Article

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