Cellular proliferation in the urorectal septation complex of the human embryo at Carnegie stages 13-18: A nuclear area-based morphometric analysis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-364

  Nebot Cegarra, Josep ^a   Fàbregas, Pere Jordi ^a   Sánchez Pérez, Inma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellular nucleus; Cloaca; Computer assisted method; Development; Urorectal septum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLOACA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLOACA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINES; MESODERM; RECTUM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 26944451599     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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