Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 892-897 , October 2008

Three-dimensional Arrangement of the Capillary Bed and Its Relationship to Microrheology in the Terminal Villi of Normal Term Placenta

  • M. Jirkovská

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Histology and Embryology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Albertov 4, CZ-12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +4202 24919899.
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  • J. Janáček

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, Institute of Physiology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • J. Kaláb

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Histology and Embryology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Albertov 4, CZ-12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
    • Department of Biomathematics, Institute of Physiology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • L. Kubínová

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, Institute of Physiology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.07.004

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 892-897 , October 2008

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