Ultrastructure of the thymus in diabetes mellitus and starvation

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Elmas, Çigdem ^a   Erdogan, Deniz ^a   Take, Gulnur ^a   Ozogul, Candan ^a   Nacar, Ahmet ^b   Koksal, Mete ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fasting; Insulin; Thymus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARVATION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; STRESS; THYMUS; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARVATION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 58749099294     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0010-5     Document Type: Article

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