Ultrastructural characterization of isolated rat Kupffer cells by transmission X-ray microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-256

  Scharf, J G ^c   Schneider, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut für Roentgenphysik   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Kupffer cells; Ultrastructure; Vacuoles; X ray microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; HEMATITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROPHAGES; MICROSTRUCTURE; X RAY ABSORPTION;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; KUPFFER CELLS; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPIES; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VACUOLE; X RAY MICROSCOPY;

RATS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033008886     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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