A reappraisal of the contrasting morphological appearances of villous cytotrophoblast cells during early human pregnancy; evidence for both apoptosis and primary necrosis

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-305

  Burton, G J ^a   Skepper, J N ^a   Hempstock, J ^a   Cindrova, T ^a   Jones, C J P ^b   Jauniaux, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; NICK END LABELING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0141503418     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0882     Document Type: Article

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