High-resolution episcopic microscopy data-based measurements of the arteries of mouse embryos: Evaluation of significance and reproducibility under routine conditions

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 524-534

  Geyer, Stefan H ^a   Maurer, Barbara ^a   Ptz, Lorenz ^a   Singh, Jagdeep ^a   Weninger, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic arch arteries; Biometry; Episcopic imaging; Morphometry; Pharyngeal arch arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DESCENDING AORTA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; HIGH RESOLUTION EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861229591     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329501     Document Type: Article

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