Myocardial telocytes: a specific new cellular entity

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1917-1921

  Kostin, Sawa ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac renewing; Interstitial Cajal like cells (ICLC); Interstitial cells; Myocardial regeneration; Myocardial remodelling; Telocytes; Telopodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; RATS;

EID: 77955837626     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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