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Phenotyping of immunocompetent cells in normal labial and palatal salivary glands and in non-autoimmune sialadenitis.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Aug 1991
Vigneswaran N, Peters K P, Diepgen T L, Wahlich C, Hornstein O P, Haneke E
Abstract excerpt
Different types of inflammatory cells in healthy major and minor salivary glands (SG), including those in labial and palatal non-autoimmune sialadenitis, were quantified immunohistochemically. Plasma cells, mainly IgA type predominated in all SG types, with the smallest number seen in the palatal glands. The numbers of common leukocyte antigen (CLA) reactive lymphocytes were greater in major SGs than in minor...
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