Feulgen reaction study of novel threadlike structures (Bonghan ducts) on the surfaces of mammalian organs

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Shin, Hak Soo ^c   Johng, Hyeon Min ^c   Lee, Byung Cheon ^c   Cho, Sung Il ^c   Soh, Kyung Soon ^b   Baik, Ku Youn ^c   Yoo, Jung Sun ^c   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sae Myoung University ^*  (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bonghan duct; Feulgen reaction; Histology; Meridian; Microscopic anatomy

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BONGHAN DUCT; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; DNA CONTENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; LIVER; LYMPH VESSEL; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DNA; FEMALE; LIVER; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; RABBITS; ROSANILINE DYES;

EID: 21344436213     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20061     Document Type: Review

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