Localization of VEGF and expression of its receptors flt and KDR in human placenta throughout pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1090-1098

  Clark, D E ^a   Smith, S K ^a   Sharkey, A M ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Endothelial; Trophoblast; Tyrosine kinase; Uterus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030004431     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019303     Document Type: Article

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