Characteristics of histopathological and ultrastructural features of placental villi in pregnant Nepalese women

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-103

  Soma, Hiroaki ^a,e   Hata, Toshio ^a   Oguro, Tatsuo ^b   Fujita, Koji ^c   Kudo, Motoshige ^c   Vaidya, Urmila ^d  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Maternity Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chorangiosis; High altitude; Hypoxia; Nepalese placenta

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHORANGIOMA; CHORANGIOSIS; CYST; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GAS DIFFUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MITOCHONDRION; NEPAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNCYTIUM; THROMBOSIS; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ADULT; CHORION VILLUS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 23844471991     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-004-0259-y     Document Type: Article

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