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A semiquantitative and qualitative histopathologic assessment of the effect of type II intrauterine growth retardation on the structure of the carotid bodies in fetuses and neonates

The major physiological function of the carotid body is to respond to a low partial pressure of oxygen in the systemic arterial blood. The structure and functions of the adult carotid body have been extensively investigated over the past fifteen years. However, the carotid body in children has been...

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Main Author: Laing, David
Other Authors: Wainwright, Helen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Anatomical Pathology 2017
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