A scanning electron microscopic study of the human ovarian surface epithelium: characterization of two cell types.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137398

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A scanning electron microscopic study of the human ovarian surface epithelium: characterization of two cell types.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 May 1991

Gillett W R, Mitchell A, Hurst P R

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The surface of the ovary has two types of epithelial cells. We have called these A and B cells and they are found in their own respective zones (A and B). To assess the scanning electron microscopic features of these cell types, 65 ovarian samples were collected from biopsies taken from 35 women...

Topics

Adult
Epithelial Cells
Epithelium
Female
Humans
Menstrual Cycle
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microvilli
Middle Aged
Ovary
Phenotype

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