Preservation of haemal nodes fixed by means of two different aldehyde fixatives: A scanning electron microscopic study;Preservación de nodos linfáticos hemales fijados por dos fijadores de aldehído diferentes: Un estudio de microscopía electrónica de barrido

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 656-660

  Guerrero, Florentina ^a   Cerutti, P ^b   Marcaccini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fixation; Fixative; Formaldehyde; Glutaraldehyde; Haemal node; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960982292     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022011000200059     Document Type: Article

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