Light microscopic and ultrastructural observations on thyroid C cells and parathyroid gland of Rattus norvegicus with a note on effects of thyroparathyroidectomy

Journal of Advanced Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-38

  Rangoonwala, Shaheda P ^a,b   Suryawanshi, S A ^a,c   Pandey, A K ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Rizvi College of Arts Science and Commerce   (India)

^c Swami Ramanand Tirth University   (India)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 21144450023     PISSN: 02537214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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