A novel technique for mapping the lipid composition of atherosclerotic fatty streaks by en face fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 743-753

  Klinkner, Anne M ^a   Bugelski, Peter J ^a,b   Waites, C Robbie ^a   Louden, Calvert ^a   Hart, Timothy K ^a   Kerns, William D ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computer assisted image; filipin; Nile red; processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROSCOPY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030910850     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500513     Document Type: Article

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