Uterine haemodynamics as a possible driving force for endovascular trophoblast migration in the placental bed

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-118

  Pijnenborg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034254212     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.1040     Document Type: Article

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