Age-dependent remodeling of rat thymus. Morphological and cytofluorimetric analysis from birth up to one year of age

European Journal of Cell Biology - Tập 76 - Trang 156-166 - 1998
Daniela Quaglino1, Miriam Capri1, Giovanna Bergamini1, Emanuela Euclidi1, Luigi Zecca2, Claudio Franceschi1, Ivonne Pasquali Ronchetti1
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of General Pathology, University of Modena, Modena/Italy
2Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies - CNR, Segrate (Milano)/Italy

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