An 11-μm-thick glycocaly?: It's all in the technique!

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1712-1713

  De Mesy Bentley, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; endothelium; glycocalyx; vascular biology

Indexed keywords

CELL LABELING; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GLYCOCALYX; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80051543409     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.229849     Document Type: Editorial

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