Identification of lymphatic vessels by using a monoclonal antibody specific for the human thoracic duct

Microvascular Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-149

  Sawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Mukaida, Ayako ^a   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a   Yoshida, Shigemitsu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 0031106395     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1996.2000     Document Type: Article

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