Lymph circulation in the liver

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Ohtani, Osamu ^a   Ohtani, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion case; Electron microscopy; KOH maceration; Liver; Lymp circulation; Lymphatic vessel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MOTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MOVEMENT; CORROSION CASTING; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 45849098736     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20681     Document Type: Article

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