Is length an appropriate estimator to characterize pulmonary alveolar capillaries? A critical evaluation in the human lung

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1270-1275

  Mühlfeld, Christian ^a   Weibel, Ewald R ^b   Hahn, Ute ^c   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^c   Ochs, Matthias ^b,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Capillary length; Human lung; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAPILLARY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; GUINEA PIG; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 77954584251     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21158     Document Type: Article

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