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In vivo and electron microscopic studies of the splenic microvasculature in mice

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McCuskey, R.S., McCuskey, P.A. In vivo and electron microscopic studies of the splenic microvasculature in mice. Experientia 41, 179–187 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02002611

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