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A re-appraisal of the morphophenotype and basal lamina coverage of cytotrophoblasts in human term placenta.
Placenta - 1 Feb 2008
Jones C J P, Harris L K, Whittingham J, Aplin J D, Mayhew T M
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A recent study of human placental villi [Mori et al., The cytotrophoblast layer of human chorionic villi becomes thinner but maintains its structural integrity during gestation, Biol Reprod 76 (2007) 164-172] concluded that cytotrophoblast (CT) cells occupy 80% of the basal lamina (BL) surface at term and that syncytiotrophoblast (ST) does not make direct contact with the BL. Based on SPINT-1 localisation using...
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