Human cardiac telocytes: 3D imaging by FIB-SEM tomography

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2157-2164

  Cretoiu, D ^a,b   Hummel, E ^c   Zimmermann, H ^c   Gherghiceanu, M ^b   Popescu, L M ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D imaging; FIB SEM tomography; Heart; Myocardium; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84911111819     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12468     Document Type: Article

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