Morphological diversity of dying cells during regression of the human tail

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-222

  Sapunar, D ^a   Vilovic K ^a   England, M ^b   Saraga Babic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apotosis; Developmental cell death; Human embryo; Tail

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NOTOCHORD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMITE; TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0035023498     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(01)80220-X     Document Type: Article

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