Modulation of Bax expression in physiological and pathological human placentas throughout pregnancy

In Vivo

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 777-784

  Cobellis, Luigi ^a   De Falco, Maria ^b   Torella, Marco ^a   Trabucco, Elisabetta ^a   Caprio, Francesca ^a   Federico, Elisabetta ^a   Manente, Lucrezia ^a   Coppola, Gabriele ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^b   Cassandro, Roberto ^c   Colacurci, Nicola ^a   De Luca, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bax; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX;

ABORTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; STROMA;

EID: 35648985565     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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