Correlation between volume fraction and volume-weighted mean volume, and between total number and total mass of islets in post-weaning and young Wistar rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Inuwa, I M ^a   El Mardi, A S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Islet volume; Multistage fractionator

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; WEANING;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 14944359193     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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