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INJECTION of radiopaque media either directly into the spleen of the rat or retrogradely into tributaries of the portal venous system, followed by radiography, demonstrates the presence of distinct vascular compartments in the spleen and clarifies certain features of their venous drainage.
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Dreyer, B., and Budtz-Olsen, O. E., Lancet, i, 530 (1952).
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BRAITHWAITE, J., ADAMS, D. Vascular Compartments in the Rat Spleen. Nature 178, 1178–1179 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781178a0
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