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Comparative morphometric study of the cells of the third proximal segment of the rat kidney under different conditions of fixation

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The morphometric study of the P3 segment of rat proximal tubule has shown that neither the method of fixation, nor the fixative itself, significantly change the relative and absolute volumes of the cell compartments, provided that the fixation media are made approximately isotonic.

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  1. Laboratory of Pathology, Medical School, University of Oporto, Portugal

    V. Gonçalves & M. A. Sobrinho-Simões

  2. Laboratório de Anatomia Pathológica, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal

    V. Gonçalves

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Acknowledgments. We thank Prof. D. serrão for reviewing the manuscript and Mrs M. Bento and Miss M. Sameiro for their technical assistance. This study was granted by I.A.C. (Project PMC/1).

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Gonçalves, V., Sobrinho-Simões, M.A. Comparative morphometric study of the cells of the third proximal segment of the rat kidney under different conditions of fixation. Experientia 33, 761–762 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944177

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