The myometrial junctional zone spiral arteries in normal and abnormal pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1416-1423

  Brosens, Jan J ^a   Pijnenborg, Robert ^b   Brosens, Ivo A ^c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Junctional zone; Preeclampsia; Spiral arteries; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NIDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL ARTERY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0036854088     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127305     Document Type: Article

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