Alcian blue staining method to visualize Bonghan threads inside large caliber lymphatic vessels and X-ray microtomography to reveal their microchannels

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-189

  Lee, Changhoon ^a   Seol, Seung Kwon ^b   Lee, Byung Cheon ^a   Hong, Young Kwon ^c   Je, Jung Ho ^b   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONGHAN THREAD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LYMPH VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAINING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33947659940     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2006.4402     Document Type: Article

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