Demonstrating the lymphatic system in rats with microinjection

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1566-1573

  Suami, Hiroo ^a   Chang, David W ^a   Matsumoto, Kumiko ^b   Kimata, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer metastasis; Gerota's method; Lymphatic system; Mercury injection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC DUCT;

CANCER METASTASIS; GEROTA'S METHOD; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MERCURY INJECTION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROSANILINE DYES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 80051726184     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21446     Document Type: Article

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