Placental hCG immunohistochemistry and serum free-Beta-hCG at 11-13 weeks' gestation in intrauterine fetal demise

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 595-603

  Londero, Ambrogio P ^a   Orsaria, Maria ^a   Grassi, Tiziana ^a   Calcagno, Angelo ^a   Marzinotto, Stefania ^a   Ceraudo, Maria ^a   Fruscalzo, Arrigo ^b   Driul, Lorenza ^a   Mariuzzi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free Beta hCG; hCG; Intrauterine fetal demise; Placenta; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TRISOMY;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876692261     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-1054-9     Document Type: Article

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