The pathogenesis of villitis of unknown etiology: Analysis with a new conjoint immunohistochemistry-in situ hybridization procedure to identify specific maternal and fetal cells

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Myerson, David ^a,b   Parkin, Rachael K ^a   Benirschke, Kurt ^c   Tschetter, Clifford N ^d   Hyde, Scott R ^e  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d St Rose Hospital   (United States)

^e Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Placenta; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNION; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL VILLITIS OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC VILLI; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33747891296     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-05-0103.1     Document Type: Article

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