Neuroepithelial and ependymal changes in HTX rats with congenital hydrocephalus: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-125

  Nojima, Yuji ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Kiyoku, Hiroshi ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Mori, Koreaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Electron microscopy; Ependyma; HTX rat; Neuroepithelium

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031981762     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03880.x     Document Type: Article

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