Passive pressure-diameter relationship and structural composition of rat mesenteric lymphangions

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 152-163

  Rahbar, Elaheh ^a   Weimer, Jon ^a   Gibbs, Holly ^a   Yeh, Alvin T ^a   Bertram, Christopher D ^b   Davis, Michael J ^c   Hill, Michael A ^c   Zawieja, David C ^d   Moore, James E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL DIAMETER; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENTERIC LYMPHANGION; MESENTERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THICKNESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84871295847     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: 15578585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2011.0015     Document Type: Article

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