A histological study of human ductus arteriosus during the last embryonic week

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-367

  Szyszka Mróz, Jolanta ^a   Woźniak, Witold ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ductus arteriosus; Great vessels; Human embryonic heart

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ARTERY; PRIMORDIUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUNICA MEDIA;

AORTA; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ORGANOGENESIS; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0348133532     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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