Article
Pre-eclampsia is associated with an excess of proliferative immature intermediate trophoblast.
Human pathology - 1 Jun 1995
Redline R W, Patterson P
Abstract excerpt
Pre-eclampsia/toxemia (PET) is an idiopathic hypertensive disorder of pregnancy elicited in susceptible mothers by exposure to placental trophoblast. Three facts regarding the placenta in PET are known: an association with large placentas (excessive trophoblast), a tendency for superficial implantation, and inappropriate trophoblastic immaturity, as assessed by ultrastructural and biochemical criteria. A unitary...
Topics
- Biomarkers
- Cell Division
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Placenta
- Placental Lactogen
- Pre-Eclampsia
- Pregnancy
- Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
