Ultrastructural localization of carbonic anhydrase and its possible role in the endolymphatic sac

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Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 170-175

  Takumida, Masaya ^a   Begger Sjöxbäck, Dan ^a   Rask Andersen, Helge ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Endolymphatic sac; Histochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COCHLEA; ENDOLYMPH; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CYTOPLASM; EAR, INNER; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0023878758     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000275986     Document Type: Article

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