Contribution to the origin and development of the appendices of the testis and epididymis in humans

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-302

  Jacob, Monika ^a   Barteczko, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendices of human testis and epididymis; Classification of appendices; Cranial M llerian and Wolffian duct; Duct regression; Hydatid of Morgagni development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; TESTIS;

WOLFFIA;

EID: 18744385519     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-004-0445-7     Document Type: Article

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