Rapid three-dimensional analysis of renal biopsy sections by low vacuum scaning electron microscopy

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 113-125

  Inaga, Sumire ^a   Kato, Masako ^b   Hirashima, Sayuri ^c   Munemura, Chishio ^d   Okada, Sinichi ^e   Kameie, Toshio ^a   Katsumoto, Tetsuo ^a   Nakane, Hironobu ^a   Tanaka, Keiichi ^f   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^b   Naguro, Tomonori ^a  

^a Department of Functional Morphological and Regulatory Science   (Japan)

^b Division of Molecular Pathology   (Japan)

^c HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Division of Medicine and Clinical Science   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Tanaka SEM Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VACUUM;

BIOPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM;

EID: 84861219075     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: 13491717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.73.113     Document Type: Article

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