Cardiomyocyte enlargement, proliferation and maturation during chronic fetal anaemia in sheep

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Jonker, Sonnet S ^a   Giraud, M Kathryn ^a   Giraud, George D ^a,c   Chattergoon, Natasha N ^a   Louey, Samantha ^a   Davis, Lowell E ^a,b   Faber, J Job ^a   Thornburg, Kent L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SIZE; HEART WEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; TISSUE FIXATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 74049085424     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.049379     Document Type: Article

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