Placental pathology of zika virus: Viral infection of the placenta induces villous stromal macrophage (Hofbauer Cell) proliferation and hyperplasia

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-48

  Rosenberg, Avi Z ^a   Weiying, Yu ^a   Hill, D Ashley ^a   Reyes, Christine A ^a   Schwartz, David A ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION VILLUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85008388707     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0401-OA     Document Type: Article

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