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Microglia in the human fetal spinal cord--patterns of distribution, morphology and phenotype.
Brain research. Developmental brain research - 8 Jun 1999
Rezaie P, Patel K, Male D K
Abstract excerpt
Microglia, the intrinsic macrophages of the nervous system, colonise the cerebrum around the second trimester in man. In order to determine the extent of microglial influx into the nervous system, we have examined their distribution within the human fetal spinal cord in relation to astrocytic and vascular development between 9 and 16 weeks of gestation, using conventional immunohistochemistry [CD11b; CD45; CD64;...
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