Fibronectin expression in the developing human spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-391

  Krolo, Mirko ^a   Vilović, Katarina ^a   Sapunar, Damir ^a   Vrdoljak, Eduard ^b   Saraga Babić, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectins; Human development; Immunohistochemistry; Spinal cord; Spinal dysraphism; Spinal nerves

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FIBRONECTIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBRONECTINS; GANGLIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0032414357     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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