Evaluation of LR White resin for histology of the undecalcified rat tibia

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-14

  Bhattacharyya, Tapan K ^a,b   Sanchez, Ben ^a   Toriumi, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone histology; Calcified tissue; Light microscopy; LR White resin; Mineralized bone; Rat; Tibia; Undecalcified bone

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; EMBEDDING; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STAINING; TIBIA; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0034026580     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520290009047978     Document Type: Article

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