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Tonsil

Known as: Tonsils 
The two organs situated in the throat on either side of the narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx. They are composed of lymphoid tissues.
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Adenoidal structureLingual tonsilStructure of tubal tonsil
Benign neoplasm of tonsilBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Corticomedullary organLymphoid organ structure

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1986
1986
Pharmacokinetics of phenoxymethylpenicillin in tonsils.
The pharmacokinetics of phenoxymethylpenicillin in tonsillar tissue was studied in 33 patients who underwent tonsillectomy… 
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Bacteroides melaninogenicus. Its recovery from tonsils of children with acute tonsillitis.
The presence of encapsulated and abscess-forming organisms belonging to the Bacteroides melaninogenicus group was investigated in… 
1979
1979
Localization of IgE in adenoids and tonsils: an immunoperoxidase study.
An immunoperoxidase technique was applied to the localization of IgE in formaldehyde-solution-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue… 
1979
1979
A study of nuclear diameters in lymph node imprints using the Zeiss Microvideomat.
The diameters of the cell nuclei were measured in imprint preparations of eight tonsils and 28 lymph nodes, each specimen being… 
1977
1977
Co-operation between T and B lymphocytes from human tonsils in the response to mitogens and antigens.
Purified B lymphocytes obtained from human tonsil cell populations by removing E rosette-forming cells by density sedimentation… 
1976
1976
In vitro response of subpopulations of human lymphocytes. II. DNA synthesis induced by anti-immunoglobulin antibodies.
A significant and constant increase in DNA synthesis was observed in human lymphocytes cultured in the presence of purified anti… 
1976
1976
Localization of immunoglobulins in germinal centers of human tonsils.
Although localization of immunoglobulins in tissues and cells has been determined by the immunofluorecent technique… 
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1975
Highly Cited
1975
IgA and IgA diphtheria antitoxin responses from human tonsil lymphocytes.
Human tonsil lymphocytes were stimulated with diphtheria toxoid and then cultured in a Marbrook culture system so that antibodies… 
1965
1965
THE MIXED AGGLUTINATION TEST IN STUDIES ON HUMAN TRANSPLANTATION.
Mixed agglutination with cell cultures was originally described by Hogman1and by Fagraeus and Espmark.2In this laboratory… 
1932
1932
THE ISOLATION OF BRUCELLA ABORTUS FROM TONSILS
Undulant fever is now a well established disease of man, but much information is wanting concerning its diagnosis, modes of…