Functional significance of developmental changes in placental microvascular architecture: The sheep as a model

Endothelium: Journal of Endothelial Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 11-19

  Reynolds, Lawrence P ^a   Biondini, Mario E ^a   Borowicz, Pawel P ^a   Vonnahme, Kimberly A ^a   Caton, Joel S ^a   Grazul Bilska, Anna T ^a   Redmer, Dale A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHORION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; EMBRYO; FEMALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20844455944     PISSN: 10623329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10623320590933734     Document Type: Article

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