Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the perivascular space in the rat thymus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-99

  Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a   Takeda, Masaei ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030908237     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.89     Document Type: Article

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