Cytochemical staining and ultrastructural characteristics of peripheral blood leucocytes from the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivitatta)

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-91

  Bounous, D I ^a   Dotson, T K ^b   Brooks Jr , R L ^a   Ramsay, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochemical staining; Leucocytes; Snake; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NAPHTHOL AS D ESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SNAKE; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0029856842     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00426047     Document Type: Article

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