Recent advances in renal development

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-140

  Gomez, R Ariel ^a   Norwood, Victoria F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

EPITHELIUM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; RENAL CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032905478     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199904000-00007     Document Type: Review

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