Accreta complicating complete placenta previa is characterized by reduced systemic levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and by epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of the invasive trophoblast

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411.e1-411.e11

  Wehrum, Mark J ^a,c   Buhimschi, Irina A ^a   Salafia, Carolyn ^b   Thung, Stephen ^a   Bahtiyar, Mert O ^a   Werner, Erica F ^a   Campbell, Katherine H ^a   Laky, Christine ^a   Sfakianaki, Anna K ^a   Zhao, Guomao ^a   Funai, Edmund F ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^c WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; invasion; myometrium; trophoblast; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYOMETRIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 79955594269     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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