Architecture, elastic fiber, and collagen in the distal air portion of the lung of the 18-month-old rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-69

  De Dios Escolar, Juan ^a   Tejero, Carlos ^a   Escolar, María Asunción ^a   Montalvo, Fernando ^a   Garisa, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ageing; collagen; elastic fiber; lung; morphometry; rat

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030938013     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199705)248:1<63::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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