Fetal-maternal conflict, trophoblast invasion, preeclampsia, and the red queen

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-196

  Pijnenborg, Robert ^a   Vercruysse, Lisbeth ^a   Hanssens, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetal maternal conflict; Placental evolution; Preeclampsia; Trophoblast invasion

Indexed keywords

CELL INVASION; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; NIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 45949103489     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950701826711     Document Type: Review

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