Type II pneumocytes are preferentially located along thick elastic fibers forming the framework of human alveoli

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-38

  Honda, Takayuki ^a   Ishida, Kimitaka ^a   Hayama, Masayoshi ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; SIALIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0033987785     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000101)258:1<34::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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