The endolymphatic sac, a potential endocrine gland?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-199

  Qvortrup, Klaus ^a   Rostgaard, Jørgen ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a   Bretlau, Poul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Electron microscopy; Endolymphatic sac; Saccin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SODIUM ABSORPTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NATRIURETIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032892923     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950181657     Document Type: Article

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