Ontogeny of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor (c-met) in human placenta: Reduced HGF expression in intrauterine growth restriction

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1139-1147

  Somerset, David A ^a   Li, Xiao Feng ^a   Afford, Simon ^a   Strain, Alastair J ^a   Ahmed, Asif ^a   Sangha, Rajabant K ^a   Whittle, Martin J ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031715337     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65658-1     Document Type: Article

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