Immunohistochemical localization of ECE-1 in the human placenta

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 226-233

  Ahmad, Z ^a   Reznik, S E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL POPULATION; CHORION VILLUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034009772     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0454     Document Type: Article

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