Anatomy of the Pulmonary Endothelium

The Pulmonary Endothelium: Function in health and disease

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 25-32

  Stan, Radu V ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries (precapillary segment); Avian lung and mammalian lung difference; Lung capillary endothelium continuous type; Pulmonary ECs ultrastructure and facilitating gas exchange; Pulmonary endothelium anatomy; Pulmonary venous system (postcapillary segment); Vascular endothelium highly differentiated cellular monolayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859730979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470747490.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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