Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 339-343 , April 2010

Differential expression of VE-cadherin and VEGFR2 in placental syncytiotrophoblast during preeclampsia – New perspectives to explain the pathophysiology

  • T. Groten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Germany
    • Department of Obstetrics, Friedrich Schiller University, University Hospital Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics, Friedrich Schiller University, University Hospital Jena, Bachstr. 18, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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  • N. Gebhard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • R. Kreienberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • E. Schleußner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Friedrich Schiller University, University Hospital Jena, Germany
    • ,
  • F. Reister

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • B. Huppertz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University Graz, Austria

,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00040-8

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.01.014

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 339-343 , April 2010

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