Recent findings on the angioarchitecture of the lymph vessel system of human skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 733-737

  Lubach, D ^a,b   Ludemann W ^a   Berens Von Rautenfeld, D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0029957412     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb03882.x     Document Type: Article

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