Comparative histological and ultrastructural studies of the Harderian gland of rodents

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-38

  Djeridane, Yasmina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b NONE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Harderian gland; Light microscopy; Rodent; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RATS; TISSUE;

CELL TYPES; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HARDERIAN GLAND; RODENT; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY; WISTAR RAT;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029972585     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960501)34:1<28::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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