Placental morphology in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and the likely role of NK cells

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-21

  Akhlaq, Maham ^a   Nagi, Abdul H ^a   Yousaf, Ahmad Waseem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Natural Killer cell; placental infarcts; pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860487982     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.94848     Document Type: Article

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