Connective tissue skeleton of the human heart: A demonstration by cell- maceration scanning electron microscope method

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 934-935

  Rossi, Marcos A ^a   Abreu, Monica A ^a   Santoro, Lígia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TANNIN; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCARDIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 0032502265     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.9.934     Document Type: Article

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