Preeclampsia and uteroplacental acute atherosis: immune and inflammatory factors.
Acute atherosis (Aa) affects uteroplacental spiral arteries in 20-40% of cases of preeclampsia. Its hallmark is lipid-filled, CD68-positive foam cells. It usually develops in the decidua (the pregnancy endometrium) at the distal ends of arteries that are often unremodelled in their proximal segments...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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