Lectin binding in the human umbilical cord from normally grown pregnancies and from pregnancies complicated by intra-uterine growth retardation with absent or reversed diastolic flow

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-134

  Sgambati, Eleonora ^a,b   Brizzi, E ^a   Marini, M ^a   Gheri Bryk, S ^a   Gheri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dept Anat Histol/Forensic Med   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intra uterine growth retardation; Lectins; Sugar residues; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOENZYME; LECTIN; SIALIDASE;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

CONCANAVALIN A; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LECTINS; MACLURA; NEURAMINIDASE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTINS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 0042161716     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071946     Document Type: Article

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