Placental calcification: A metastatic process?

Placenta

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 591-596

  Poggi, S H ^a   Bostrom, K I ^a   Demer, L L ^a   Skinner, H C ^b   Koos, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCIUM; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 4; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; PLACENTA BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; PROSTATE DERIVED FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; METASTASIS; MINERALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X RAY;

EID: 0034915867     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2001.0688     Document Type: Article

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