Stereological estimation of the volume weighted mean volumes of alveoli and acinar pathways in the rat lung to characterise alterations after ischaemia/reperfusion

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Fehrenbach, Antonia ^b   Ochs, Matthias ^c   Wittwer, Thorsten ^c   Cornelius, Jan ^c   Fehrenbach, Heinz ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^c   Richter, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alveolar ducts; Celsior; Euro Collins solution

Indexed keywords

8 AZAGUANINE; CELSIOR; EURO COLLINS SOLUTION; IMTIX; POTASSIUM; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SAMPLE; STAINING; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032983673     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298004543     Document Type: Article

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