Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 66-70 , March 2009

Visualizing the Network of Bonghan Ducts in the Omentum and Peritoneum by Using Trypan Blue

  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Research Division of the Korean Pharmacopunture Institute, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ki Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–747, Korea

Received 24 December 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60017-0

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 66-70 , March 2009

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