Preliminary immunocytochemical study of C cells of the thyroid and parathyroid glands in five species of wild and laboratory rodents

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-66

  Sawicki, B ^a   Zabel, M ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Academy of Medicine   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

C cells; Immunocytochemistry; Rodents

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHROMOGRANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032904138     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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