Scaling properties of the placenta's arterial tree

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 731-738

  Bergman, Dan L ^a   Ullberg, Ulla ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0032555460     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0741     Document Type: Article

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