Lymphatic system of the pancreas

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 456-477

  O'Morchoe, Charles C C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Lymph; Lymph formation; Lymph nodes; Pancreatitis; Structure; Vesicles; Vessels

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TISSUE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPH; LYMPH FORMATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; PANCREATITIS; VESICLE; VESSEL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LYMPH; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC DUCT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030848996     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970601)37:5/6<456::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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