Stereological assessment of placental morphology in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 914-918

  Wikstrom Shemer E ^a   Thorsell, M ^a   Ostlund E ^a   Blomgren, B ^b   Marschall, H U ^c  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; Obstetric cholestasis; Placenta; Stereology; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CHORANGIOSIS; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY; MORPHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SYNCYTIAL KNOT;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COLLAGEN; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 84868128717     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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