Granulomatous Villitis Formed by Inflammatory Cells with Maternal Origin: a Rare Manifestation Type of Placental Toxoplasmosis

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 780-782

  Yavuz, E ^a   Aydin, F ^a   Seyhan, A ^b   Topuz, S ^a   Karagenc, Y ^a   Tuzlali, S ^a   Ilhan, R ^a   Iplikci, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Maternal inflammatory cells; Placenta; Toxoplasma gondii; Villitis

Indexed keywords

SPIRAMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS VILLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; STROMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 33645902183     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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