Brief communication: Alcian blue and pyronine y histochemical stains permit assessment of multiple parameters in pulmonary disease models

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-328

  Meyerholz, D K ^a   Rodgers, J ^a   Castilow, E M ^a   Varga, S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; Elastic fibers; Lung; Mast cells; Mucin; Mucus; Pyronine y; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MURINAE; MUS; MUSTELA; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ALCIAN BLUE; PYRONINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; LUNG DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHEEP; STAINING; SWINE;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; PYRONINE; RABBITS; RATS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE;

EID: 67650879525     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.46-2-325     Document Type: Article

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