The role of trophoblast in the physiological change in decidual spiral arteries

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2131-2138

  Kam, Elisa P Y ^a   Gardner, Lucy ^a   Loke, Y W ^a   King, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Immunohistology; Spiral arteries; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NECROSIS; NIDATION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0032773438     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.8.2131     Document Type: Article

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