Apoptosis in the early human placental bed and its discrimination from necrosis using the in-situ DNA ligation technique

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3511-3519

  Al Lamki, R S ^a   Skepper, J N ^a   Loke, Y W ^a   King, A ^a   Burton, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Human placental bed; Immunocytochemistry; In situ DNA ligation; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FLUOROCHROME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NECROSIS; PLACENTA; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0032438259     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3511     Document Type: Article

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