An organ-culture method for human colorectal mucosa using serum-free medium

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-105

  Moorghen, M ^a,c   Chapman, M ^a   Appleton, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Cell proliferation; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON MUCOSA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; TECHNIQUE;

BROMODEOXYURIDINE; COLON; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MITOTIC INDEX; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029987372     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199609)180:1<102::AID-PATH613>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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