Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 220-222 , March 2009

Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis in the First Trimester Human Placenta: An Innovative 3D Study Using an Immersive Virtual Reality System

  • R.H.F. van Oppenraaij

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Erasmus Medical Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Room He-119, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 647 100 562.
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  • A.H.J. Koning

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioinformatics, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • B.A. Lisman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • K. Boer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • M.J.B. van den Hoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P.J. van der Spek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioinformatics, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • E.A.P. Steegers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • N. Exalto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 30 December 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00002-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.12.014

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 220-222 , March 2009

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