An original histological method for studying the volar skin of the fetal hands and feet

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Seidenberg Kajabova, Henrieta ^a   Pospisilova, Viera ^a   Vranakova, Valeria ^a   Varga, Ivan ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dermatoglyphic pattern development; Histological serial sections; Volar pads; Volar skin of human fetal hands and feet

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049315879     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 12138118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2010.032     Document Type: Article

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