Novel threadlike structures (Bonghan ducts) inside lymphatic vessels of rabbits visualized with a Janus Green B staining method

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Lee, Byung Cheon ^a   Yoo, Jung Sun ^b   Baik, Ku Youn ^b   Kim, Ki Woo ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture meridian; Bonghan duct; Cryoscanning electron microscopy; Janus Green B; Lymphatic vessel; Microscopic anatomy

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; JANUS GREEN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONGHAN DUCT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRYOSCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 26844488129     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20076     Document Type: Article

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