Effects of long-term, high-altitude hypoxia on the capillarity of the ovine fetal heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Lewis, A M ^a   Mathieu Costello, O ^b   McMillan, P J ^a   Gilbert, R D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Light microscopy; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS HEART; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0032851315     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h756     Document Type: Article

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