Nature Medicine
3, 610 - 611 (1997)
doi:10.1038/nm0697-610
Cytotrophoblasts: Masters of disguiseChristopher W.G. RedmanNuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom Altered expression of adhesion molecules on fetal cytotrophoblasts is essential for development of a normal placenta and fails in pre-eclampsia.
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