An immunohistochemical study of the endocrine pancreas of ducks

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Lucini, C ^a   Castaldo, L ^a   Lai, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

domestic duck; endocrine pancreas; immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; POLYMER; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DUCK; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; FIXATIVES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; POLYMERS; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0029778240     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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