Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , June 2010

Primo-Vessels as New Flow Paths for Intratesticular Injected Dye in Rats

  • Hyun-Jung Han

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Vyacheslav Ogay

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sang-Jun Park

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ki-Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Yu Won Lee

      Affiliations

    • Materials Chemistry Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Kyu Lee

      Affiliations

    • Materials Chemistry Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University, Gwanak 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Korea

Received 4 February 2010 ,Accepted 14 April 2010.

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PII: S2005-2901(10)60016-7

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60016-7

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , June 2010

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