Multiscale modelling of the feto-placental vasculature

Interface Focus

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Clark, A R ^a   Lin, M ^a   Tawhai, M ^a   Saghian, R ^a   James, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computational model; Feto placental circulation; Multiscale; Placenta; Pregnancy; Vascular structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923174499     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0078     Document Type: Article

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