Circumventricular organ capillaries

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue C, 1992, Pages 219-233

  Gross, Paul M ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0026722452     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)62338-9     Document Type: Article

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