The human placenta is encircled by a ring of smooth muscle cells

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-125

  Nanaev, A K ^a   Kosanke, G ^a   Kemp, B ^a   Frank, H G ^a   Huppertz, B ^a   Kaufmann, P ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHORION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS;

EID: 0033968951     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0455     Document Type: Article

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