Pre-eclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction: How Morphometrically Different is the Placenta?

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 727-734

  Egbor, M ^a   Ansari, T ^a   Morris, N ^b   Green, C J ^a   Sibbons, P D ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction (FGR); Placental morphology; Pre eclampsia (PET); Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 33645937320     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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