Three-dimensional analysis of the whole mesangium in the rat

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 672-683

  Inkyo Hayasaka, Kazue ^b   Sakai, Tatsuo ^a   Kobayashi, Naoto ^b   Shirato, Isao ^b   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; MALE; MESANGIUM; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029809397     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.364     Document Type: Article

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