Methodological contributions for the morphometric study of the lung: Approximation to the ideal sample size and quantification of collagen fiber

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-511

  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

collagen fiber; lung; rat; sample size

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030992569     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199704)247:4<501::AID-AR9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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