The anatomy of cardiac looping: A step towards the understanding of the morphogenesis of several forms of congenital cardiac malformations

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-35

  Männer, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac malfomations; Embryo; Heart development; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 58249105149     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20652     Document Type: Review

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