Prichard's structures of the fossa ovalis are age-related phenomena composed of nonreplicating endothelial cells: The cardiac equivalent of cutaneous senile angioma

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Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1234-1240

  Val Bernal, J Fernando ^a   Martino, María ^a   Mayorga, Marta ^a   Garijo, M Francisca ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fossa ovalis; Heart; Histogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Prichard's structures; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; THROMBOMODULIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DIVISION; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOSSA OVALIS; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICHARD STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

EID: 37349083479     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0643.2007.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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