Does immunohistochemistry allow easy detection of lymphatics in the optic nerve sheath?

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1087-1092

  Killer, Hanspeter Esriel ^a,b,d   Jaggi, Gregor P ^b   Miller, Neil R ^c   Flammer, Josef ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D2 40; Lymphatics; LYVE 1; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MICROSCOPY; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE PREPARATION; VENULE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 56449096004     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.950840     Document Type: Article

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