Difference in abundance of blood and lymphatic capillaries in the murine epididymis

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Hirai, Shuichi ^a,b   Naito, Munekazu ^a   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Ning, Qu ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^c   Shirakami, Gotaro ^b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; CD31; Epididymis; Lymphatic; LYVE 1; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; LYMPH PROTEIN; PROTEIN LYVE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CAPILLARIES; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77954586983     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-009-0473-8     Document Type: Article

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