Increase of segments of elastic-type blood vessel walls in fetal placental stem villi during pre-eclampsia at term

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 597-605

  Wilhelm, Daniel ^a   Neudeck, Hermann ^a   Graf, Renate ^a   Mansmann, Ullrich ^a   Matejevic, Dragan ^b   Vetter, Klaus ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic fibres; Human placenta; Light microscopy; Semiquantitative analysis; Stem villus blood vessels

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; THICKNESS;

CHORIONIC VILLI; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032695158     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050307     Document Type: Article

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