A study on the relationship between intraglandular arterial distribution and thyroid lobe shape: Implications for biotechnology of a bioartificial thyroid

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 432-441

  Toni, Roberto ^a,d,g,h   Casa, Claudia Della ^a   Bodria, Monica ^a   Spaletta, Giulia ^b   Vella, Rocco ^b   Castorina, Sergio ^c,d   Gatto, Andrea ^e   Teti, Gabriella ^b   Falconi, Mirella ^b   Rago, Teresa ^f   Vitti, Paolo ^f   Sgallari, Fiorella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d Clinic G B Morgagni   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g Academy of Sciences   (Italy)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Regenerative medicine; Scaffold; Thyroid artery; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FETUS; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ARTERIES; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 55349144457     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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