The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor on in vitro embryonic heart development in rats

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 334-338

  Ulger H ^a   Ozdamar S ^a   Unur, E ^a   Pratten, M K ^a,b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9644288022     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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