Deficient syncytiotrophoblast tumour necrosis factor-α characterizes failing first trimester pregnancies in a subgroup of recurrent miscarriage patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1313-1320

  Lea, R G ^a,c   Tulppala, M ^b   Critchley, H O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; TNF ; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030982335     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1313     Document Type: Article

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