Chicken embryo as a model for regenerative medicine

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Coleman, Cynthia M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chicken embroy; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER EAR; LIMB REGENERATION; LIVER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 51949113335     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20133     Document Type: Review

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