Patterns of efferent lymphatics of the mouse testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 466-472

  Itoh, Masahiro ^a   Li, Xiu Qin ^a   Yano, Akiko ^a   Xie, Qiang ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lymph vessel

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORING AGENTS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; TESTIS;

EID: 0031702703     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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