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[Structural changes of fenestrated capillaries during development of various endocrine glands in the chicken]

M Bertossi, D Ribatti

    Bollettino Della Societa Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale
    |June 30, 1983
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    vascular developmentchick embryosendothelial cellsorganogenesisultrastructure

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