Early embryonic demise: No evidence of abnormal spiral artery transformation or trophoblast invasion

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-534

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

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL ARTERY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTERIES; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33644695270     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1926     Document Type: Article

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