Uterine glands provide histiotrophic nutrition for the human fetus during the first trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2954-2959

  Burton, Graham J ^a   Watson, Adrian L ^b   Hempstock, Joanne ^a   Skepper, Jeremy N ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 1; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUTRITION; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0036075393     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.6.8563     Document Type: Article

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