A study of the incidence of apoptosis in the human placental cells in the last weeks of pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-517

  Athapathu, H ^a   Jayawardana, M A Jayantha ^a   Senanayaka, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Castle Street Hospital for Women ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0141504464     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144361031000153756     Document Type: Article

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