The importance of immunohistochemical evaluation of the vascular changes from the decidua and placenta in recurrent pregnancy loss

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-368

  Manolea, Maria Magdalena ^a   Gavrilǎ, Olguţa Alice ^b   Popescu, Florina Carmen ^a   Novac, Liliana ^a   Mateescu, Garofiţa Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^b 'Filantropia' Municipal Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Placental bed; Recurrent miscarriage; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865038026     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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