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Placental vasculature in health and disease.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Apr 2010
Khankin Eliyahu V, Royle Caroline, Karumanchi S Ananth
Abstract excerpt
Both angiogenesis and vasculogenesis occur during normal placental development. Additionally, the placenta undergoes a process of vascular mimicry (also referred to as pseudo-vasculogenesis) where the placental cytotrophoblasts that invade the spiral arteries convert from an epithelial to an endothelial phenotype during normal pregnancy. Failure of placental angiogenesis and pseudo-vasculogenesis during placental...
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