Placental morphology in pregnancies associated with pregravid obesity

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2611-2616

  Loardi, Chiara ^a   Falchetti, Marcella ^a   Prefumo, Federico ^a   Facchetti, Fabio ^a   Frusca, Tiziana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; immunohistochemistry; inflammation; placenta; pregravid obesity; villous tree

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYONIC AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MORPHOMETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLOUS TREE; PLACENTAL MATURITY; PREGRAVID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; CAPILLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION VILLUS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84947928456     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1094792     Document Type: Article

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