The functional morphology and role of cardiac telocytes in myocardium regeneration

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1117-1121

  Varga, Ivan ^a   Danisovic, Lubos ^a   Kyselovic, Jan ^b   Gazova, Andrea ^a   Musil, Peter ^b   Miko, Michal ^a   Polak, Stefan ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Interstitial Cajal like cells; Myocardium; Regeneration; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIAC STEM CELL; CARDIOLOGY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; ONTOGENY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELOCYTE;

EID: 84992316841     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2016-0052     Document Type: Review

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