Intraalveolar bubbles and bubble films: III. Vulnerability and preservation in the laboratory

Anatomical Record

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-520

  Scarpelli, Emile M ^a,e   Mautone, Alan J ^b   Chinoy, Mala R ^c   Defouw, David O ^b   Clutario, Bella C ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Blythedale Children's Hospital   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar bubbles in vivo; Alveolar ductal bubbles; Alveolar foam films; Alveolar surface structure; Bubbles in lung parenchyma; Foam films in lung; Surfactant bubbles in situ

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; LUNG SURFACTANT; PARAFFIN; POLYSORBATE 20; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TANNIN; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FREEZING; LABORATORY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; THORAX; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION;

AIR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTIFACTS; FORMALDEHYDE; FREEZING; GLUTARAL; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RABBITS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030841986     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199708)248:4<498::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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