The vomeronasal organ in the human embryo, studied by means of three-dimensional computer reconstruction

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-418

  Sherwood, Rebecca J ^a   McLachlan, John C ^a   Aiton, James F ^a   Scarborough, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnegie stages; Development; Virtual reality objects

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032757134     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005439     Document Type: Article

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