Stereology of the myocardium in human foetuses

Early Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-259

  Mandarim de Lacerda, Carlos Alberto ^a   Barbosa dos Santos, Marcelo ^a   Le Floch Prigent, Patrice ^b,c   Narcy, Françoise ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Growth; Human foetuses; Myocardium; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INTERSTITIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STEREOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031589307     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01863-4     Document Type: Article

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