Deep trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodelling in the placental bed of the lowland gorilla

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 586-591

  Pijnenborg, R ^a   Vercruysse, L ^a   Carter, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Great apes; Placental bed; Spiral arteries; Trophoblast invasion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 7; DYE; LECTIN; ORCEIN; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY REMODELLING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GORILLA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPIRAL ARTERY; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 79960587345     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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