Stereological study of splenic tissue compartments in FK506-treated rats

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 995-1001

  Milicevic N M ^a,b   Milicevic Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b NONE   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

FK506; Immunomodulation; Spleen; Splenic tissue compartments; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOBLAST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030797964     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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