Differential storage of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) in the skin: An immunoelectron-microscopical long-term study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 261-269

  Ständer, Sonja ^a   Szépfalusi, Zsolt ^b   Bohle, Barbara ^b   Ständer, Hartmut ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^b   Luger, Thomas A ^a   Metze, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human; Hydroxyethyl starch (HES); Immunoelectron microscopy; Nerves; Pruritus; Skin; Storage

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LYSOSOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HETASTARCH; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; PRURITUS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0035025791     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000324     Document Type: Article

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