Lost caps in histological counting methods

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 366-372

  Hedreen, John C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abercrombie method; Cell counting methods; Empirical method; Lost caps; Optical disector; Physical disector; Stereology; Truncation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0031885706     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199803)250:3<366::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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