The phylogenesis and ontogenesis of the human pharyngeal region focused on the thymus, parathyroid, and thyroid glands

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 837-845

  Varga, Ivan ^a,b   Pospíšilová, Viera ^a   Gmitterová, Karin ^a   Gálfiová, Paulína ^a   Polák, Štefan ^a   Galbavý, Štefan ^c,d  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

^d ST ELIZABETH CANCER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Neural crest cells; Ontogenesis; Parathyroid and thyroid glands; Pharyngeal region; Phylogenesis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

BLOOD OXYGENATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARATHYROID GLAND; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 59849084201     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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