Initial lymphatics - Morphology and function of the endothelial cells

Lymphology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-25

  Zöltzer, Hellmuth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL BUDDING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 0037734327     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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