Pilot study of comparative placental morphometry in pre-eclamptic and normotensive pregnancies suggests possible maladaptations of the fetal component of the placenta

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Ducray, Jennifer F ^a   Naicker, Thajasvarie ^b   Moodley, Jagidesa ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Materno fetal exchange; Microscopic placental morphometry; Placental villi; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS CIRCULATION; FIBROSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALADJUSTMENT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79955631858     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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