A simplified method of staining vitamin A lipid droplets in stellate cells at the light and electron microscopic levels

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Shintaku, Takao ^a   Murata, Tomoaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuhito ^a   Makita, Takashi ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gold chloride method; Ito cell; Liver; Stellate cell; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030464657     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.29.147     Document Type: Article

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