Immunocytochemical study of parafollicular (C) cells of the thyroid in some wild rodents

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Sawicki, Bogusław ^a   Zabel, Maciej ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Parafollicular (C) cells; Thyroid; Wild rodents

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RODENT; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; VOLE;

EID: 0032939034     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(99)80004-1     Document Type: Article

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