Quantitative changes in macrophage distribution in normal mouse ovary over the course of the estrous cycle examined with an image analysis system

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Petrovská, Marianna ^a   Dimitrov, Dimitar G ^a   Michael, Sandra D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atretic follicles; Corpora lutea; Granulosa cells; Theca

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LUTEAL CELL; MACROPHAGE; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; THECA CELL;

EID: 0029812612     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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