Denudations as paracellular routes for alphafetoprotein and creatinine across the human syncytiotrophoblast

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 3 47-3, 2000, Pages

  Brownbill, P ^a   Mahendran, D ^a   Owen, D ^a   Swanson, P ^b   Thornburg, K L ^c   Nelson, D M ^b   Sibley, C P ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrin containing fibrinoid; Maternal serum alphafetoprotein; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034019921     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.3.r677     Document Type: Article

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