Adaptation of uteroplacental arteries in patients with early-onset preeclampsia combined with IUGR is compromized due to insufficient invasion of extravillous trophoblast cells (EVT) into the spiral artery wall...
Keywords: Endovascular trophoblast invasion, intrauterine growth restriction, leukemia inhibitory factor, macrophages, matrix-metalloproteases, periarterial trophoblast cells, placental bed, preeclampsia, uterine natural killer cells, uteroplacental arteries
08/2006 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter