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can be associated with the histological and physiological characteristics regarding
to the microenvironment associated in this membrane during the gestation.
Acknowledgments The authors thank the several members from the School of Veterinary
Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo-USP, for collaboration and technical
assistance.
Fig. 12.2 Histology and
culture of amniotic
membrane. (a, b)
Histology of dog and
human amniotic
membrane, respectively.
Note the cubic epithelium
(arrow), mesoderm (M)
and the presence of small
blood vessels (V). Staining
using hematoxilin and
eosin. (c) Culture of
amniotic stem cells from
rabbit. Note the
fibroblastic-like
morphology of the cells
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