Immunohistochemical distribution of toll-like receptor 4 in preterm human fetal membrane

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Choi, Seong Jin ^a   Jung, Soon Hee ^a   Eom, Minseob ^a   Han, Kyoung Hee ^a   Chung, In Bai ^a   Kim, Soo Ki ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chorion; Immunohistochemistry; Parturition; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE FUNDUS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UTERUS;

EID: 84863020398     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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