What is it about?
When the first ever clinical embryologist, Bob Edwards, saw the fertilisation of a human oocyte in vitro he was witnessing not only a momentous event in clinical medicine but also the creation of totipotent stem cells. This chapter takes the reader from fertilisation to tissue development in the early fetus
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Why is it important?
It provides a good overview of the development of fetal tissues
Perspectives
I have worked in clinical embryology since 1982 and this chapter provides an overview of what has been discovered during that time
Professor Peter Hollands
Consultant Clinical Scientist
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This page is a summary of: Embryology of Fetal Tissue, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4171-6_3.
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