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Postmortem morphology and viability of human Peyer’s Patches in distal ileum: A technical note

Biagio SolarinoDepartment of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Giancarlo Di VellaDepartment of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Thea MagroneDepartment of Immunology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Felicita JirilloDepartment of Immunology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Angela TafaroDepartment of Immunology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Domenico PiscitelliDepartment of Pathology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Michela CasielloDepartment of Pathology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Luigi AmatiNational Institute of Gastroenterology “Saverio de Bellis,” Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy
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Emilio Jirillo
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Lucia TattoliDepartment of Immunology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Pages 563-569 | Received 16 Dec 2008, Accepted 13 Feb 2009, Published online: 30 Oct 2009

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