Placental histopathologic features in patients with thrombophilic mutations

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-123

  Raspollini, Maria Rosaria ^a   Oliva, Esther ^b   Roberts, Drucilla J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidual vasculopathy; Fetal outcome; Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy; Placenta; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC VILLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DECIDUAL VASCULOPATHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETAL THROMBOTIC VASCULOPATHY; FETUS OUTCOME; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MATERNAL FLOOR INFARCTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCYTIAL KNOTTING; THROMBOPHILIA; TISSUE MICROARRAY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFARCTION; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MUTATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34248532642     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601178345     Document Type: Review

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