Maternal perception of reduced fetal movements is associated with altered placental structure and function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Warrander, Lynne K ^a   Batra, Gauri ^b   Bernatavicius, Giovanna ^c   Greenwood, Susan L ^a   Dutton, Philip ^a   Jones, Rebecca L ^a   Sibley, Colin P ^a   Heazell, Alexander E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFARCTION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REDUCED FETAL MOVEMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TROPHOBLAST; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PERCEPTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84859837112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034851     Document Type: Article

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