The anchoring zone in the human placental amnion: Bunches of oxytalan and collagen connect mesoderm and epithelium

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Bachmaier, Natalie ^a   Graf, Renate ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen type IV; Elastic fibre system; Immunocytochemistry; Microfibrils; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ELASTASE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ADULT; AMNION; CHORIONIC VILLI; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033052331     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050262     Document Type: Article

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