Studies on quantitative morphology. XI. Morphometrical determination of connective tissue in rat livers

Even under similar experimental conditions, the distribution of connective tissue in cirrhotic rat livers may be more or less heterogeneous. Although there seem to be no extreme differences between the lobes, it is advisable to measure several step sections with equal or approximately equal distances instead of 1 section only. Presupposing a sufficient number of hits, all net point distances up to 0.6 mm do not influence the accuracy to a greater extent.