The open microcirculation in human spleens: A three-dimensional approach

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-648

  Steiniger, Birte ^a   Bette, Michael ^a   Schwarzbach, Hans ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 d reconstruction; Cd141; Cd34; Human spleen; Open circulation

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; REAGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; SPLEEN; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 79960928027     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155411408315     Document Type: Article

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