Ultrastructural and morphometrical studies on the endothelial cells of arteries supplying the abdomino-inguinal mammary gland of rats during the reproductive cycle

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Awal, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^a   Toyoshima, Yasushi ^a   Nishinakagawa, Hayao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artery; Endothelial cell; Mammary gland; Morphometry; Rat

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0004948606     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.29     Document Type: Article

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