Development of olfactory epithelium in the human fetus: Scanning electron microscopic observations

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Kimura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Umehara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Udagawa, Jun ^a   Kawauchi, Hideyuki ^a   Otani, Hiroki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Human fetus; Olfactory epithelium; Olfactory vesicle; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLFACTORY MUCOSA;

EID: 69449106087     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2009.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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