Liver of the brown trout, Salmo trutta (Teleostei, Salmonidae): A stereological study at light and electron microscopic levels

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-328

  Rocha, Eduardo ^a   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^a   Pereira, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Florestal   (Portugal)

Author keywords

hepatocytes; histology; liver; morphometry; salmonidae; stereology; teleost; trout

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER WEIGHT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOMETRY; TELEOST; TROUT;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS; TROUT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031053960     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199703)247:3<317::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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