How to measure the increase in elastic system fibres in the lamina propria of the uterine cervix of pregnant rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-418

  Battlehner, Cláudia Naves ^a   Caldini, E G ^a   Pereira, J C R ^b   Luque, E H ^c   Montes, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Elastic tissue; Morphometry; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FUCHSINE; RESORCINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COLORING AGENTS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242363232     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Review

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