Term ovine placental vasculature: Comparison of sea level and high altitude conditions by corrosion cast and histomorphometry

Placenta

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Krebs, C ^a   Longo, L D ^b   Leiser, R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHITECTURE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOXEMIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; VENULE;

EID: 0031050827     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(97)90070-9     Document Type: Article

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