Sieve plugs in fenestrae of glomerular capillaries - Site of the filtration barrier?

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 132-138

  Rostgaard, Jørgen ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glomerular filter; Kidney; Rat; Surface coat

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; OXYGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CAPILLARY WALL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0035216191     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046186     Document Type: Article

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