The thymus: Picture review of human thymus prenatal development

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 368-376

  Varga, I ^a   Pospisilova, V ^b   Jablonska Mestanova, V ^a   Galfiova, P ^a   Polak, S ^a  

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

^b University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Development; Human embryo; Pharyngeal region; Thymus epithelialis; Thymus lymphaticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THYMUS;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79960516352     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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