Immunohistochemical localization of epidermal growth factor in the second-trimester human fetus

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Poulsen, Steen Seier ^a   Kryger Baggesen, Niels ^b   Nexø, Ebba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; KIDNEY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030027948     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01696150     Document Type: Article

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