Late sporadic miscarriage is associated with abnormalities in spiral artery transformation and trophoblast invasion

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-542

  Ball, E ^a   Bulmer, J N ^a   Ayis, S ^b   Lyall, F ^c   Robson, S C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Genetics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Miscarriage; Placenta; Placental bed; Spiral artery; Transformation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CELL INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL ARTERY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33644669545     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1927     Document Type: Article

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