Cytological and cytochemical studies on the pulmonary alveolar macrophages of the rat “Rattus rattus norvegicus albinus”

• Main Authors: Salman, Mohammad O., Abd, Ali H., Al-Ani, Imad Matloub Dally, Al-Salihi, Anam R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Anatomy, National University of Singapore 2013
• Subjects: QM Human anatomy; RB Pathology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/30487/1/Cytological_and_Cytochemical__Studies_on_the_Pulmonary_Alveolar_Macrophages.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30487/; http://www.microscopy.org.sg/journal/vol_13/Annals%20of%20Microscopy%20Vol%2013-Web.pdf

The objective of the present study was to fi nd the normal values of the cytology and cytochemistry of the Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages (PAMs) and through the identifi cation of universal normal values. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fl uid was performed by tracheal cannulation to seventy healthy adu...