An organ-culture for in vitro evaluation of fetal membrane healing capacity

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-150

  Devlieger, Roland ^a,b   Gratacós, Eduard ^a,b   Wu, Jun ^b   Verbist, Lieve ^a   Pijnenborg, Robert ^a   Deprest, Jan A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetal membranes; Fetal surgery; Fetus; In vitro models; Tissue repair; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; COLLAGEN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033795813     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(00)00439-5     Document Type: Article

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