What is the placenta?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2015, Pages S6.e1-S6.e4

  Burton, Graham J ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decidua; endometrium; extravillous trophoblast; maternal placental interface; microribonucleic acid; natural killer cells; obstetrical dilemma; pregnancy; spiral arteries; syncytiotrophoblast; uterine wall; xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA C ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MILK PROTEIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOSOME; FETUS MEMBRANE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPOLYSIS; MATERNAL BLOOD; METAGENOMICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; UTERINE NATURAL KILLER CELL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84942693911     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.07.050     Document Type: Article

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