Neurulation mechanisms in the human development

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Saraga Babić, Mirna ^a   Stefanović, Vedran ^a   Lehtonen, Eero ^b   Sapunar, Damir ^a   Saraga, Marijan ^c   Wartiovaara, Jorma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Human embryo; Neural differentiation; Neural tube defect; Spinal cord regression

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAMININ; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROFILAMENT; NEURULATION; NOTOCHORD; SPINAL CORD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 9044225145     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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