Estimation of the number of stellate cells in a liver with the smooth fractionator

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-182

  Marcos, R ^a   Monteiro, R A F ^a,b   Rocha, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Multidisc Ctr Mar Environ R   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Disector; Hepatic stellate cell; Ito cell; Liver; Optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY;

DISECTOR; FRACTIONATORS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; INHOMOGENEITIES; ITO CELL; OPTICAL FRACTIONATOR; OPTICAL-; PROLIFERATIVE RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE DATA; STELLATE CELLS;

CELLS;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SAMPLING; STELLATE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344695230     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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