Stereology of the Lung

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-294

  Schneider, Jan Philipp ^a   Ochs, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelial type II cells; Alveolar macrophages; Alveoli; Archimedes principle; Cavalieri principle; Disector; Intersection counting; Lung; Major airways; Microscopy; Parenchyma; Point counting; Pulmonary surfactant; Quantification; Stereology; Systematic uniform random sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872410309     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407239-8.00012-4     Document Type: Chapter

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