Differences in apoptotic susceptibility of cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts in normal pregnancy to those complicated with preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 637-643

  Crocker, Ian P ^a,c   Cooper, Suzanne ^b   Ong, Stephen C ^b   Baker, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOCORTIN 5; OXYGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0037331775     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63857-6     Document Type: Article

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