Placentation in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana): II morphological changes in the uterus and placenta throughout gestation

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 598-617

  Allen, W R ^a   Mathias, S ^a   Wooding, F B P ^b   van Aarde, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GESTATION PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0141838057     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(03)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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