Classification of human placental stem villi: Review of structural and functional aspects

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-41

  Demir, Ramazan ^a   Kosanke, Georg ^b   Kohnen, Gaby ^c   Kertschanska, Sonya ^b   Kaufmann, Peter ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal proteins; Differentiation; Macrophages; Myofibroblasts; Placenta; Villous trees

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CYTOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; MUSCLE;

BLOOD FLOW; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIFFERENTIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PLACENTA; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTINS; STROMAL CELLS; STRUCTURAL ASPECTS; VILLOUS TREE;

MACROPHAGES;

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030752348     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970701/15)38:1/2<29::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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