Morphological and molecular characteristics of living human fetuses between Carnegie stages 7 and 23: Developmental stages in the post-implantation embryo

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-23

  Harkness, L M ^a   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stages; Embryo; Mifepristone

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030969210     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.1.3     Document Type: Article

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