Quantitative assessment of placental morphology may identify specific causes of stillbirth

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ptacek, Imogen ^a,b   Smith, Anna ^c   Garrod, Ainslie ^a,b   Bullough, Sian ^a,b   Bradley, Nicola ^a,b   Batra, Gauri ^c   Sibley, Colin P ^a,b   Jones, Rebecca L ^a,b   Brownbill, Paul ^a,b   Heazell, Alexander E P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avascular villi; Fetal Growth Restriction; Placental Morphometry; Stillbirth; Unexplained Stillbirth; Villous vascularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; SYNCYTIAL NUCLEAR AGGREGATE; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84957580281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12907-016-0023-y     Document Type: Article

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