Shrinkage and distortion of the rabbit corneal endothelial cell mosaic caused by a high osmolality glutaraldehyde-formaldehyde fixative compared to glutaraldehyde

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-547

  Doughty, M J ^a   Bergmanson, J P G ^a   Blocker, Y ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Endothelium; Formaldehyde; Glutaraldehyde; Osmolality; Rabbit; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030714160     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80054-7     Document Type: Article

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