Surface morphology of the central macrophages of erythroblastic islets in the spleen of aged and pregnant mice: An immunohistochemical light microscopic study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Sonoda, Yuji ^a   Sasaki, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN;

EID: 59949087577     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.71.155     Document Type: Article

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