Microvascular distribution in the ocular conjunctiva and digestive tract in an experimental setting

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Pranskunas, Andrius ^a   Pilvinis, Vidas ^a   Dambrauskas, Ẑilvinas ^a   Rasimaviĉiute, Renata ^a   Milieŝkait, Egle ^a   Bubulis, Algimantas ^b   Veikutis, Vincentas ^c   Vaitkaitis, Dinas ^a   Boerma, E Christiaan ^d,e  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^d MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Jejunum; Microcirculation; Pigs; Rectum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872546497     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48080062     Document Type: Article

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