This article reviews the anatomy and physiology of the uterine circulation, with emphasis on the remodeling of spiral arteries during normal pregnancy, and the timing and anatomical pathways of trophoblast invasion of the spiral arteries...
Keywords: Atherosis, immunohistochemistry, impedance to blood flow, integrin, physiologic transformation of the spiral arteries, placental bed
12/2006 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter