Identification of Gaucher cells in the chorionic villi associated with recurrent hydrops fetalis

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 412-416

  Soma, H ^a   Yamada, K ^a   Osawa, H ^a   Hata, T ^a   Oguro, T ^b   Kudo, M ^c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STORAGE DISEASE;

EID: 0034040039     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0483     Document Type: Article

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