TY  - JOUR
TI  - Placenta
AU  - Hunt, JoanS.
AU  - Thornburg, KentL.
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology is well known for its outstanding Special Issues on systems, processes and organs. In this Special Issue, the placenta is the topic of discussion for the first time. In women, this unique organ develops and declines within the nine months of pregnancy. One portion of the placenta, the trophectoderm, is the first identifiable layer of differentiated cells in the blastocyst. The trophectoderm and its descendents, the trophoblast cells, overlie mesenchyme, a mixture of cell types supplied by the inner cell mass. The mesenchyme is contiguous with the fetal umbilical cord that is attached to the fetal abdominal cavity....
PY  - 2010
DO  - 10.1387/ijdb.082828jh
VL  - 54
IS  - 2-3
SP  - 227
EP  - 229
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/082828jh
Y2  - 2024/11/05/15:24:00
ER  -