Abruptio placentae and highest maternal serum activin a levels at mid-gestation: A two cases report

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 279-280

  Florio, P ^a   Severi, F M ^a   Bocchi, C ^a   Luisi, S ^a   Petraglia, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ACTIVIN; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FROZEN SECTION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TISSUE REPAIR; UPREGULATION; UTERINE ARTERY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ACTIVINS; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 0037997496     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0896     Document Type: Article

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