The 'reference trap' revisited: Examples of the dangers in using ratios to describe fetoplacental angiogenesis and trophoblast turnover

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a   Huppertz, B ^b   Kaufmann, P ^b   Kingdom, J C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; TURNOVER TIME; ADULT; CAPILLARY; CELL DIVISION; CHORION VILLUS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; CELL DIVISION; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0038133357     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0878     Document Type: Review

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