Fetomaternal attachment and anchorage in the early diffuse epitheliochorial placenta of the camel (Camelus dromedarius): Light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopic study

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 141-154

  Abd Elnaeim, M M ^a   Pfarrer, C ^c   Saber, A S ^a   Abou Elmagd, A ^a   Jones, C J P ^c   Leiser, R ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anchorage; Attachment; Camel; Casts; Histology; Placentation; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOMETRIUM; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GIANT CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0033005504     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016652     Document Type: Article

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