Apoptotic changes occur in syncytiotrophoblast of human placental villi where fibrin type fibrinoid is deposited at discontinuities in the villous trophoblast

Placenta

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 387-391

  Nelson, D M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029838801     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(96)90019-3     Document Type: Article

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