Backscattered electron imaging: A new method for the study of cardiomyocyte architecture using scanning electron microscopy

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Okabe, Makoto ^a   Kanzaki, Yumiko ^a   Shimomura, Hiroaki ^a   Terasaki, Fumio ^a   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Kawamura, Keishiro ^a   Kitaura, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; REFERENCE VALUES; SARCOLEMMA; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034603514     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(00)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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