Human placenta as an ex vivo vascular model for neurointerventional research

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 394-399

  Kwok, John Ching Kwong ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^b   Leung, Wing Cheong ^a   Chan, Siu Ki ^a   Chan, Kwong Yau ^a   Leung, Kar Ming ^a   Chu, Alberto Chi Ho ^a   Lam, Alexander Kar Ngai ^b  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROSURGERY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 84901930711     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010813     Document Type: Article

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