Impact of Pregnancy at High Altitude on Placental Morphology in Non-native Women With and Without Preeclampsia

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-528

  Tissot van Patot, M C ^a   Valdez, M ^a   Becky, V ^a   Cindrova Davies, T ^c   Johns, J ^d   Zwerdling, L ^b   Jauniaux, E ^d   Burton, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b St Vincent's General Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Birth weight; Hypoxia; Morphometric oxygen diffusion capacity; Morphometry; Placenta; Placental weight; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Specific morphometric oxygen diffusion capacity; Stereology; Vascular development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649105048     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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