Increased apoptosis of human fetal membranes in rupture of the membranes and chorioamnionitis

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 224-231

  Kataoka, S ^a   Furuta, I ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Kato, E H ^a   Ebina, Y ^a   Kishida, T ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Fujimoto, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; AMNION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; CELL COUNT; GESTATIONAL AGE; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNION; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036483312     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2001.0776     Document Type: Article

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