High resolution shadowing of Mycobacterium leprae

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Kumar, Virendra ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Electron microscopy; Shadowing

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; METAL; PLATINUM; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVAPORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPROSY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SHADOWING (HISTOLOGY);

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 12144270854     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290400018021     Document Type: Article

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