Histopathology and ultrastructure of human umbilical blood vessels

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 297-315

  Stehbens, William ^a   Wakefield, J St ^a,c   Gilbert Barness, Enid ^b   Zuccollo, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Hemodynamic stress; Smooth muscle cells; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 33745077315     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15227950500503660     Document Type: Article

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