Atrial development in the human heart: An immunohistochemical study with emphasis on the role of mesenchymal tissues

Anatomical Record

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-300

  Wessels, Andy ^a,b   Anderson, R H ^c   Markwald, R R ^a   Webb, S ^d   Brown, N A ^d   Viragh, Sz ^e   Moorman, A F M ^b   Lamers, W H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atrial septum; Creatine kinase; Development; Dorsal mesocardium; Heart; Human; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY VEIN;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CREATINE KINASE; EMBRYO; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOENZYMES; MESODERM; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0034235332     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20000701)259:3<288::AID-AR60>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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