Mechanisms regulating cytotrophoblast invasion in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-273

  Lyall, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotrophoblast; Invasion; Placental bed; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HEME OXYGENASE; INTEGRIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

APOPTOSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYOMETRIUM; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 33745590905     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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