Stereology and its impact on our understanding of human placental functional morphology

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 195-205

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a   Burton, Graham J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diabetes; Gestation; Intervillous space; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Smoking; Stereology; Villi

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS;

ALTITUDE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GESTATION; INTERVILLOUS SPACE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SMOKING; STEREOLOGY; VILLUS;

MORPHOLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0030802890     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970701/15)38:1/2<195::AID-JEMT20>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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