Morphological and morphometric characteristics of choroid plexus psammoma bodies during the human aging

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-33

  Jovanović, Ivan ^a   Stefanović, Natalija ^a   Antić, Svetlana ^a   Ugrenović, Sladana ^a   Djindjić, Boris ^a   Vidović, Nataša ^a  

^a Medical Faculty of Ni   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aging; Choroid plexus; Morphometry; Psammoma bodies

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PSAMMOMA BODY; STAINING;

EID: 2542597052     PISSN: 00040223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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