Vascularization of the human fetal retina: Roles of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1217-1228

  Hughes, Suzanne ^a   Yang, Huijun ^b   Chan Ling, Tailoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CAPILLARIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0034038287     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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