Three-Dimensional Structure of Mucosal and Submucosal Lymphatics in Rat Small Intestine

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Fukushima, Kouhei ^a   Sasaki, Iwao ^a   Masuda, Takayuki ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a   Naito, Hiroo ^a   Funayama, Yuji ^a   Matsuno, Seiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphatic vessel; Small intestine; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032063177     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.9     Document Type: Article

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