The serous demilune of rat sublingual gland is an artificial structure produced by conventional fixation

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-354

  Yamashina, Shohei ^a   Tamaki, Hideaki ^a   Katsumata, Osamu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032778512     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.347     Document Type: Article

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