Development of the conduction system of the heart

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 1997, Pages 2087-2092

  Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   De Jong, Frits ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conduction system; Heart development; Human

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; MESODERM; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0030741666     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03634.x     Document Type: Article

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