Collagen fibrillar skeleton in pregnant rabbit endometrium at term: A SEM study after NaOH maceration

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Goranova, Vania ^a   Vizza, Enrico ^b   Correr, Silvia ^b   Heyn, Rosemarie ^c   Motta, Pietro M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029885527     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.127     Document Type: Article

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