Vitamin D effects on pregnancy and the placenta

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1027-1034

  Shin, J S ^a,b   Choi, M Y ^b   Longtine, M S ^b   Nelson, D M ^b  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Pregnancy; Trophoblast; Vitamin D; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

1,25 DIHYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; FETAL WELL BEING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPHOBLAST; VAGINITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 78649451473     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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