Structural changes in pre-eclamptic and eclamptic placentas - an ultrastructural study

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 482-486

  Salgado, Sujatha S ^a   Salgado, M K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Fetal capillaries; Placenta ultrastructure change; Pre eclampsia; Villous changes

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYSOSOME; MICROVILLUS; PLACENTA; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNCYTIUM;

ADULT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPHOBLASTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051733764     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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