Placenta

Papers
(The TQCC of Placenta is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Placental deficiency during maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection65
Effect of heat stress during late gestation on placentome morphometry of multiparous dairy cattle in a pasture-based system59
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Exploring Placental DNA Methylation in IVF Pregnancies Reveals Male-Specific CpG Signatures and Increased Female Variability54
Effects of Placenta-Derived Factors on Maternal Megakaryocytes and Thrombopoiesis44
Swine trophoblast organoids as a robust, physiologic model of porcine placental development43
Targeted delivery of liposomes to the uterine artery of pregnant rhesus macaques39
Chronic gestational inflammation: Comparisons of obesity-mediated and preeclampsia-mediated placental inflammation using transcriptomic and histological methods36
Necroptosis associates with infection severity and birth outcomes in placental malaria36
Maternal nutrient restriction in guinea pigs increases resistance in the umbilical artery at mid-gestation.36
Development of novel AOX1 inhibitors to prevent or reverse placental oxidative damage33
Using transcriptome, active enhancer and open chromatin data to define regulatory networks in the placenta30
Prediction of maternal and foetal outcomes among patients with preeclampsia using circulatory biomarkers (MMP-9 & ST2) - A prospective cohort study29
Fetoplacental vascular reactivity is altered in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia29
Novel 3D in vitro human placenta-on-a-chip model derived using human trophoblast stem cells differentiated towards syncytiotrophoblasts and extravillous trophoblasts to mimic both villi and implantati27
Composition of circulating short-chain fatty acids in gestational diabetes mellitus and their associations with placental immune-metabolic responses27
Higher long-term blood pressure in women with recurrent preeclampsia than who with single episode of preeclampsia27
Effects of high-fat diets on placenta and fetal development in female swiss mice27
Extracellular vesicle signalling and pregnancy- engineering the opportunities25
Pneumocystis is a frequent fungal colonizer of the human placenta at term24
Editorial Board23
Flow-void signs of the lower uterine segment are correlated with placenta accreta in the placenta previa after cesarean section.23
A case of pregnancy-related acute kidney injury following a missed abortion23
Lack of CB1 receptor reduces preterm birth rate in an LPS-induced murine model23
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Placental Histopathology in Risk Pregnancies21
Effects of benzo(a)pyrene and cerium dioxide nanoparticles co-exposure on major actors of cell stress in human trophoblasts21
Tissue differentiation along the development of the urinary tract in cavies20
Integrated Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Analyses Reveal Altered Lipid Metabolism in Mouse Placentas Exposed to Alcohol20
“Optimal timing for RNA isolation: Recommendations for placenta sample collection under clinical conditions”19
Comparative study of sialic acid content in saliva between preeclampsia and normal gestation patients19
Characterization and in vitro modeling of trophoblast and villous core networks of human first trimester placental cells19
The overview of lactylation in the placenta of preeclampsia19
Immunosuppressant drug tacrolimus inhibits HUVEC angiogenesis and production of placental growth factor19
Detection of heat-stable antibacterial activity in cotyledonary and discoid placentas19
Comprehensive analyses of DNA methylation of the TIMP3 promoter in placentas from early-onset and late-onset preeclampsia19
Unveiling placental development in circadian rhythm-disrupted mice: A photo-acoustic imaging study on unstained tissue19
Pre-natal dietary imbalance of folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiency adversely impacts placental development and fetal growth19
A 3D culture model to study uterine gland cells as signaling agents in embryo-endometrium relationship19
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Suppresses Inflammatory Cytokine Expression in Amniotic Mesenchymal Cells18
Multiscale and multimodal imaging of utero-placental anatomy and function in pregnancy18
Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI of retroplacental clear space disruption in placenta accreta spectrum18
Nitric oxide donor increases umbilical vein blood flow and fetal oxygenation in fetal growth restriction. A pilot study17
Prenatal exposure to perceived stress, maternal asthma, and placental size17
Circ_0015382 is associated with preeclampsia and regulates biological behaviors of trophoblast cells through miR-149-5p/TFPI2 axis17
Potential resolution of placenta previa from the 28th-to the 36th-week of pregnancy: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study17
Exosome enriched leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein-1 and extracellular matrix protein 1 proteins induce abnormal placental angiogenesis in pregnant mice17
Low oxygen-induced ferritinophagy is responsible for heightened ferroptosis in the placenta in fetal growth restriction17
Role of osteopontin (OPN) in uterine spiral artery remodeling17
The whole is lesser than the sum of its parts? Dissecting layer-enriched samples of rodent placenta is worth the effort17
Latent profile analysis of newborn dried blood spot (DBS) cyto-and chemo-kines and growth factors and maternal and fetal acute inflammatory responses to amniotic fluid infection.17
Placenta accreta after hysteroscopic surgery for intrauterine adhesion16
Expression analysis of the alternative splicing of DROSHA in the trophoblast cell line BeWo16
The production of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors via the activation of protein kinase C in the placenta of pregnant diabetic mice16
Risk of COVID-19 maternofetal transmission at term: new evidence against placental infection by SARS-CoV-216
The Effect of glucose on the release and proteomic content of heterogeneous populations of extracellular vesicle subtypes from placental cells16
Trypanosoma cruzi induced trophoblast differentiation is mediated by MIR-19B16
Placental expression of 8 microRNAs identified as potential upstream regulators of estrogen related receptor γ (ERRγ) in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction16
Comparing villous branching of zebra, horse and human placenta using 3D imaging16
Down-regulation of PGRMC1 promotes cellular senescence accompanying the decidualization via induction of FOXO1 expression in endometrial stromal cells16
Butyrate increases maternal liver lipid accretion and ameliorates fetal markers of fatty liver programming16
Early Childhood Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Control Study16
Understanding the shear stress response of the syncytiotrophoblast16
Letter to the editor on “The MRI estimations of placental thickness and cervical length correlate with postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in patients with risk for placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders”16
Association between maternal consumption of ultra-processed foods, lipid biomarkers of de novo lipogenesis in plasma and human milk, and postpartum depression: Investigation in a Brazilian cohort of p15
S-glutathionylation, a redox-switch involved in placental angiogenic balance and preeclampsia15
Developing of a novel therapeutic agent for FGR through Drug repositioning15
A retrospective study of manual removal or expectant management for retained product of conception after the third trimester delivery15
Stress regulation of WFS1 and PERK-p-eIF2α-ATF4 signaling pathway in placental tissue cells of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy15
Late gestation heat stress alters O2 regulation in placenta and neonatal heifers15
The impact of maternal Zika virus infection on long-term neurodevelopment:15
Title Page/Editorial Board15
Exosome-enriched plasma analysis as a tool for the early detection of hypertensive gestations15
Velocity-selective arterial spin labeling perfusion measurements in 2nd trimester human placenta with varying BMI15
T2* weighted MRI: A non-invasive method to assess placental function in vivo15
Trophoblast-mediated spatial changes in hydrogel matrix properties15
The role of glutamitc oxaloacetic transaminase in placentas of pregnancies complicated with IUGR15
DNMT1-mediated DNA methylation contributes to CYP11A1 expression in progesterone synthesis in placental trophoblast syncytialization15
A novel technique to estimate intravillous fetal vasculature on routine placenta histologic sections15
Metformin ameliorates trophoblastic immunometabolic disorders via attenuating TLR4/NF-κB signaling through ATXN7L3-mediated histone H2B monoubiquitination14
Placental pathology findings amongst extremely preterm perinatal deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand14
METTL3 suppressing SLC31A1 m6A modification regulates trophoblast migration and invasion14
Morphological and functional changes in placentas from prolonged pregnancies14
Detecting abnormal placental microvascular flow in maternal and fetal diseases based on flow-compensated and non-compensated intravoxel incoherent motion imaging14
Baby's best Foe-riend: Endogenous retroviruses and the evolution of eutherian reproduction13
Characterization and in vitro modeling of trophoblast and villous core networks of human first trimester placental cells13
Spheroid formation induces chemokine production in trophoblast-derived Swan71 cells13
Whole transcriptome analysis of trophoblasts under hypoxia13
Placental extracellular vesicles induce ovarian tumour cell death in an ex vivo explant model: Possible therapeutic potential13
Editorial Board13
Are there differences between monochorionic twin placentas after spontaneous and assisted conception?13
The differential placental expression of ERp44 and pre-eclampsia; association with placental zinc, the ERAP1 and the renin-angiotensin-system13
Investigating the effects of beta blockers on fetal vasculature13
Corrigendum to PVT1/miR-145-5p/HK2 modulates vascular smooth muscle cells phenotype switch via glycolysis: The new perspective on the spiral artery remodeling [Placenta 130 (2022) 25–33]13
Structure of the paraplacenta and the yolk sac placenta of the viviparous Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori13
Protocol for the quantitative analysis of images retrieved by multiplex immunofluorescence staining to allow cell type-specific spatial phenotyping of markers of interest in the human placenta13
Placental Aquaporin-3: A potential molecular target for aspirin in the treatment of preeclampsia12
Role of bacterial chorioamnionitis in the physiopathology of neurodevelopmental disorders of the offspring12
Placental correlates in categories of preterm births based on gestational age12
COVID in pregnancy: Biomarkers of placental dysfunction and neonatal outcomes12
Altered release of thrombomodulin and HMGB1 in the placenta complicated with preeclampsia12
Gestational chronodisruption and its role in fetal programming of non-communicable diseases12
ARID1A recruits GATA2 to regulate the senescence of trophoblast cells under high-glucose condition12
The role of aryl hydrocarbon receptors in nutrient metabolism and immune regulation at the maternal–fetal interface11
T2* placental MRI in pregnancies complicated with fetal congenital heart disease11
Upregulation of METTL14 contributes to trophoblast dysfunction by elevating FOXO3a expression in an m6A-dependent manner11
Small RNAs in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia11
OLFML3 suppresses trophoblast apoptosis via the PI3K/AKT pathway: A possible therapeutic target in preeclampsia11
Excess folic acid mimics deficiency in human placenta in vitro11
Villitis of unknown etiology, chronic deciduitis, chronic chorioamnionitis and chronic histiocytic intervillositis in monozygotic and dizygotic twin pregnancies. A retrospective analysis of 16 cases11
Hydrogen sulfide promotes migration of trophoblast cells by a Rho GTPase mediated actin cytoskeleton reorganization11
Polymorphisms of hypertension susceptibility genes as a risk factors of preeclampsia in the Caucasian population of central Russia11
Explorative 3-D culture of early secondary follicles in a time lapse system for up to 36 days gives valuable, but limited insights in follicular development11
SKAP2 is downregulated in the villous tissues of patients with missed abortion and regulates growth and migration in trophoblasts through the WAVE2-ARP2/3 signaling pathway11
Cargo changes in placental extracellular vesicles due to antiphospholipid antibody treatment may reflect differential functionality of different vesicle subtypes11
Placental human papillomavirus infections and adverse pregnancy outcomes11
Human implantation: The complex interplay between endometrial receptivity, inflammation, and the microbiome11
Placental weight as a predictor of future health: Insights from a large-scale genome-wide association study11
Maternal, placental, and fetal distribution of titanium after repeated titanium dioxide nanoparticle inhalation through pregnancy11
Buprenorphine and the placenta: does MAT in pregnancy impact placental efficiency?11
Chronic intervillositis of unknown etiology in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss: Impact on reproductive outcomes, treatment efficacy, and recurrence rates11
Novel approaches to obstetric drug design and development10
Knockdown of splicing complex protein PCBP2 reduces extravillous trophoblast differentiation through transcript switching10
Placental Trophoblast Specific Overexpression of Chemerin Induces Preeclampsia-like Symptoms10
Follistatin dysregulation impaired trophoblast biological functions by GDF11-Smad2/3 axis in preeclampsia placentas10
Corrigendum to “Visual assessment of the placenta in antenatal magnetic resonance imaging across gestation in normal and compromised pregnancies: Observations from a large cohort study” [117 January 210
Detecting fetal-derived microchimeric cells in maternal tissues involved in maternal behaviour and energetics10
Editorial Board10
IFPA Pages10
Autophagy sustains the expression of HO-1, an antioxidant stress protein, in trophoblasts.10
The influence of adiponectin in metabolic parameters of pregnant women with mild gestational hyperglycemia and gestational diabetes mellitus10
Involvement of the NADPH oxidase in pathophysiology of preeclampsia.10
Deep proteomic characterization of placenta tissue from patients with preeclampsia10
ZKSCAN1 expression in placentae of preeclampsia pregnant women: implications in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia10
Editorial Board10
Title Page/Editorial Board10
IFPA Pages10
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Endotheliochorial placental glycosylation reflects evolutionary divergence between Felidae species (Felis catus and Panthera leo) and Canidae (Canis familiaris)10
Advanced placental explant culture and extracellular vesicle analysis to decipher preeclampsia10
Analysis of Non-Coding RNAs in Placental Tissue and Extracellular Vesicles: Implications for Trophoblast Function10
Differences in syncytiotrophoblast shear stress and mechanosensing protein expression in fetal growth restriction.10
Molybdenum and molybdoenzymes in placental physiology and pathology10
Comments on “Prenatal interventions for fetal growth restriction in animal models: A systematic review”10
New Horizons in the Treatment of Preeclampsia: from Novel Therapies to Smart Delivery.9
Fibroblast activating protein (FAP) is reduced in FGR in regions of the villous tree with disturbed differentiation of perivascular myofibroblasts9
Upregulation of placental Ski-like proto-oncogene in preterm preeclampsia: potential target for preeclampsia treatment?9
In vitro simulation of acute feto-fetal transfusion in case of single intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins9
HLA-G isoforms, HLA-C allotype and their expressions differ between early abortus and placenta in relation to spontaneous abortions9
Effect of Human Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated From Normal and Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies on the Permeability of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells9
A new method to absolutely quantify and enrich for circulating placenta DNA from maternal blood, using DNA methylation.9
AQP4 and AQP9 positive-extracellular vesicles in preeclampsia9
Maternal-fetal HLA compatibility in uncomplicated and preeclamptic naturally conceived pregnancies9
Placentas from women of advanced maternal age (AMA) show increased activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) but this is not exacerbated in the presence of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR).9
Maternal care of the whole litter improves the success rate of diabetes in pregnancy in rats9
Gastroschisis associated changes in the placental transcriptome9
HtrA4 is required for differentiation of human trophoblast stem cells into syncytiotrophoblast9
Vaccination by a Zika purified inactivated virus both before and during pregnancy in the common marmoset monkey is associated with relatively normal placental morphology: a preliminary stereological a9
The heart-placenta axis is dysregulated in a conditional Hand1 mutant model of FGR9
The role of creatine in placental energy metabolism at birth: Initial insights from the Creatine and Pregnancy Outcomes (CPO) cohort study of low-risk pregnancy9
Uteroplacental versus fetal use of glucose in healthy pregnancies at term. A human in vivo study9
Impact of tissue porosity and asymmetry on the oxygen uptake of the human placenta: A numerical study9
First-trimester maternal haemodynamic adaptation to pregnancy and the impact on placental and fetal development, and birth outcomes: an observational cohort study9
Transcriptional specialization of nuclei in the giant, multinucleated syncytiotrophoblast cell9
Porphyromonas gingivalis lysate induces tissue disorganization and proinflammatory response in human placental explants9
A case of fetal growth restriction with placental confined mosaicism8
Meta-analysis on COVID-19-pregnancy-related placental pathologies shows no specific pattern8
In vitro evaluation of the effect of oxygen concentrations on thrombomodulin expression in a first-trimester trophoblast cell line8
Melatonin-treated trophoblast extracellular vesicles signaling mediates macrovascular and microvascular endothelial cell migration8
Morphology and evolutionary aspects of the yolk sac in dogs8
Placental metabolomics from women with gestational diabetes mellitus unveils glycolytic and one-carbon metabolism impairment8
Characterization and expression of thyroid hormone transport in HTR8/SVneo trophoblast cells under hyperinsulinemia conditions8
Clinical Significance of stage 1 Maternal inflammatory response in placenta8
Maternal dietary olive oil protects diabetic rat offspring from impaired uterine decidualization8
Analyzing the Relationship Between Preeclamptic Severity and Placental Methylation8
The proinflammatory cytokines IFN-α and TNF-α inhibit extravillous trophoblast invasion8
Ultrasound evaluation of pathophysiology in fetal thrombo-vasculopahy due to umbilical cord abnormalities8
Characterizing placental NLRP3 inflammasome and lipidome dynamics: Insights from glucose, metformin, and LPS exposure in placental explants8
Nutrition and neurodevelopment: Participation of vitamin E in the differentiation of the early brain8
Exposure to fine particulate matter 2.5 from wood combustion smoke causes vascular changes in placenta and reduces fetal size8
Epigenetic effects of exercise on improving the adverse placental environment associated with maternal overweight and obesity8
A new pipeline for clinico-pathological and molecular placental research utilizing FFPE tissues8
Author index8
Dissecting the microenvironment of gestational trophoblastic disease through deconvolution of bulk RNA-seq data8
A case of high-grade VUE diagnosed by additional immunostaining rather than H&E staining alone8
TREM-1 amplifies trophoblastic inflammation via activating NF-κB pathway during preeclampsia8
Antenatal melatonin supplementation increases fetal weight and reduces placental oxidative damage in a mouse model of advanced maternal age8
Activin A promotes human trophoblast invasion by upregulating integrin β3 via ALK4-SMAD4 signaling8
Placental dysfunction: The core mechanism for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in the offspring of preeclampsia pregnancies8
Pulmonary trophoblastic deportation in the hystricomorph rodent Lagostomus maximus8
Amphiregulin stimulates human chorionic gonadotropin expression by inducing ERK1/2-mediated ID3 expression in trophoblast cells8
Cesarean scar pregnancy successfully managed to third-trimester8
Role of exosomes in placenta-maternal body axis for organ specific damage of preeclampsia8
Increased NPC1 and STARD3 expression in placentas from women with Maternal Supraphysiological Hypercholesterolemia (MSPH) promotes lysosomal and mitochondrial dysfunction.8
Unravelling the Protective Role of Placental ACE2 During Chronic Hypoxia/Reoxygenation7
Placental assessment using spectral analysis of the envelope of umbilical venous waveforms in sheep7
Chronic inflammation of the male genital tract impairs female genital tract immunomodulation and decrease fertility potential7
Trend: A test for recurrent implantation failure patients’ detection by qPCR array7
First-trimester 3D power Doppler imaging markers of utero-placental vascular development are associated with placental weight and diameter at birth: The Rotterdam Periconception Cohort7
Levels of mtDNA, mitofusin -2 and presence of lipid vacuole in the placental tissue of obese pregnant women7
Toxoplasma gondii infection of human placental explants is mediated by MIR-190B expression7
Genetic profiling of Plasmodium falciparum antigenic biomarkers among asymptomatic pregnant women on intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine from southwest Nigeria7
FGF15/FGF19 alleviates insulin resistance and upregulates placental IRS1/GLUT expression in pregnant mice fed a high-fat diet7
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Correlation of amniotic fluid index and placental aquaporin 1 levels in terms of preeclampsia7
Placental pathology findings in perinatal deaths from 28 weeks gestation in Aotearoa New Zealand7
Placentae of small appropriately-grown-for-gestational-age neonates exhibit sexually dimorphic transcriptomic changes representative of placental insufficiency7
Selective Intrauterine Growth Restriction in a Monochorionic Diamniotic Twin Having Placental Features Similar to Monochorionic Monoamniotic Twins: A Case Report7
Assessing recurrence of chronic histiocytic intervillositis in treated pregnancies and the potential role of maternal anti-HLA antibodies7
Gelatin methacryloyl biomaterials and strategies for trophoblast research7
Vitamin D metabolites and oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids in plasma and human milk: Implications for the metabolic and mental health of the mother and infant development in the first six months p7
Placental damage in pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: Comment7
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) cause DNA damage and characterise accelerated ageing in stillbirth placenta7
Artery-to-vein anastomoses in unequally divided placentas and their association with birthweight discordance7
First trimester placental extracellular vesicles likely contribute to the vasodilation of maternal resistance arteries in normal pregnancy7
Placental extracellular vesicles promoted cervical tumour tissue undergoing death7
Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced cell proliferation in the first trimester trophoblast cell line by cinnamon extract7
Hypoxic placental small extracellular vesicles disrupt the blood-brain barrier in the frontal area of the brain7
The effect of smoking on the early gestation placenta7
Fetal growth restriction and a single umbilical artery are independent predictors of hypospadias during pregnancy7
Joan Hunt Senior award lecture: New tools to shed light on the ‘black box’ of pregnancy7
Immune-regulatory properties of endovascular extravillous trophoblast cells in human placenta6
Transplacental migration of maternal natural killer and T cells assessed by ex vivo human placenta perfusion6
Mid-late gestation leptin infusion induces placental mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein responses in a mouse model of preeclampsia6
A crossroad between placental and tumor biology: What have we learnt?6
Placental transfer and metabolism of betamethasone in healthy and preeclamptic human placentas6
Second trimester cell-free placental DNA methylation profiles in preterm birth subtypes6
Viruses may cause a significant proportion of chronic inflammatory pathology in the placenta6
Ferroptosis, trophoblast lipotoxic damage, and adverse pregnancy outcome6
Sexual dimorphism in lipidomic changes in maternal blood and placenta associated with obesity and gestational diabetes: A discovery study6
Fibroblasts activation by embryonic signal switching: A novel mechanism of placental growth factor-induced cardiac remodeling6
Placental cellular composition and umbilical cord tissue metal(loid) concentrations: A descriptive molecular epidemiology study leveraging DNA methylation6
1,25(OH)2D3 alleviates LPS-induced preeclampsia-like rats impairment in the protective effect by TLR4/NF-kB pathway6
Placental lesions induced by Omicron SARS-CoV-2 in a pregnant woman treated with anti-CD206
Regulatory mechanisms underlying endoplasmic reticulum stress involvement in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus entail the CHOP-PPARα–NF–κB pathway6
Third-trimester side-population trophoblasts can be differentiated to mature trophoblast lineages and show reduced growth in FGR.6
Epiplacental arteries in placenta percreta present Von Willebrand factor-negative endothelium6
Maternal C1q deficiency leads to impaired decidual vascular remodelling, placental insufficiency and reduced fetal growth.6
Transmission electron microscopy demonstration of reduced endothelial glycocalyx in severe preeclampsia6
Investigating the effects of microplastic accumulation on women's health during pregnancy6
Thinking outside the box: The placenta responds to injury with proinflammatory cytokines even when the environment is immunosuppressive6
Silencing of Nrf genes in the human placenta as measured by SDS-PAGE and Western Blotting techniques6
miR-2115-3p inhibits ferroptosis by downregulating the expression of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase in preeclampsia6
Down-regulation of MYO1A inhibits trophoblast cell proliferation and migration through SMURF2/Hedgehog signaling pathway and leads to fetal growth restriction6
Human placental gene sets improve analysis of placental pathologies and link trophoblast and cancer invasion genes6
Sexually dimorphic alterations in placental senescence pathways in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)6
Volume analysis and three-dimensional imaging of the migration process of bovine trophoblast giant cells at mid and end of gestation6
Early Childhood Growth After Term NICU Admission by Admission Diagnosis6
Obituary to the IFPA Journal: Placenta - Date: August 16, 20246
Placental biophysical model for prediction of early onset fetal growth restriction in first and second trimester of pregnancy: A prospective cohort study6
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