Placental vascular corrosion cast studies: A comparison between ruminants and humans

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 76-87

  Leiser, Rudolf ^a   Krebs, Christiane ^a   Ebert, Brigitte ^a   Dantzer, Vibeke ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Bovine; Corrosion cast; Goat; Human; Sheep; Villous placenta

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MAMMALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; BOVINE; CORROSION CAST; GOAT; HUMAN; HUMAN PLACENTA; MICRO-VASCULATURE; SHEEP; VASCULAR TREES; VILLOUS PLACENTA;

CORROSION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETUS; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030877343     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970701/15)38:1/2<76::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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