Development of the vermiform appendix during the fetal period

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-207

  Malas, M Ali ^a   Sulak, O ^a   Gokcimen A ^a   Sari, A ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal period; Human fetus; Vermiform appendix

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; APPENDIX; CECUM; CELL AGGREGATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGANOGENESIS; SEROUS MEMBRANE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042848811     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0208-9     Document Type: Article

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