Identification of distinct luminal domains for macromolecules, erythrocytes, and leukocytes within mammalian capillaries

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-589

  Vink, Hans ^a   Duling, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomic capillary diameter; bright field microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; functional capillary diameter; hamster cremaster muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HAMSTER; LEUKOCYTE; MACROMOLECULE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029797605     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.3.581     Document Type: Article

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