Are there lymphatic vessels in the placenta?

Lymphology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-36

  Bellini, Carlo ^a   Rutigliani, M ^b   Boccardo, F ^c   Campisi, C ^c   Bellini, T ^a   Bonioli, E ^a   Fulcheri, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry, D2 40 podoplanin; Lymphatics; Placenta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D2 40 PROTEIN; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PDPN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84864113199     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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