Structural identification and characterization of arteries and veins in the placental stem villi

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-418

  Tanaka, Chinatsu ^a   Kuwabara, Yoshinori ^a   Sakai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Placenta; Smooth muscle cell; Ultrastructure; Vascular wall

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THICKNESS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; VEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CELL COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIONIC VILLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; VEINS;

EID: 0033009883     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050239     Document Type: Article

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