Fetal anatomy of peripheral lymphatic vessels: A D2-40 immunohistochemical study using an 18-week human fetus (CRL 155 mm)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-682

  Jin, Zhe Wu ^a   Nakamura, Takuo ^b   Yu, Hee Chul ^a   Kimura, Wataru ^c   Murakami, Gen ^d   Cho, Baik Hwan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Iwamizawa Koujin kai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

D2 40 immunohistochemistry; Human fetus; Peripheral lymphatic vessels

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; EPIMYSIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PERICHONDRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; THYROID GLAND;

FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS;

EID: 77954052060     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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