Placental telomere shortening in stillbirth: A sign of premature senescence?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1283-1288

  Ferrari, Francesca ^a   Facchinetti, Fabio ^a   Saade, George ^a   Menon, Ramkumar ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; oxidative stress; pPROM; preterm birth; risk factors; unexplained stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPROPRIATE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE AND NUCLEIC ACID PARAMETERS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; LIVE BIRTH; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLACENTAL TELOMERE SHORTENING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE PLACENTAL SENESCENCE; PRETERM LIVE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TERM LIVE BIRTH; AGING; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STILLBIRTH; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955283444     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1046045     Document Type: Article

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