Placental Morphology: From Molecule to Mother - A Dedication to Peter Kaufmann - A Review

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages 3-8

  Huppertz, B ^a   Burton, G ^b   Cross, J C ^c   Kingdom, J C P ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

IUGR; Morphology; Placenta; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GCM1 PROTEIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STEREOLOGY; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THEORY; THROMBOSIS; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33645947042     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.01.007     Document Type: Review

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