Two different pathways for the transport of primitive and definitive blood cells from the yolk sac to the embryo in humans

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 803-809

  Pereda, Jaime ^a   Monge, Juan I ^a   Niimi, Gen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; Human embryo; Nutrition; Ultrastructure; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOOD CELLS; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; EMBRYONICS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYO; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOLK SAC;

NUTRIENTS;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLOOD CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION; YOLK SAC;

BLOOD CELLS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; VITELLINE DUCT; YOLK SAC;

EID: 77956165965     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20823     Document Type: Article

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