Organization of collagen and elastic fibers studied in stretch preparations of whole mounts of human visceral pleura

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-452

  Lemos, Miriam ^a   Pozo, Rosa Maria Kriztán ^a   Montes, Gregorio Santiago ^a   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pleural collagen and elastic fibers

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BULLA; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG VOLUME; PLEURA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BULLA;

EID: 0030812554     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(97)80048-9     Document Type: Article

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