American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 6 , Pages 561.e1-561.e5 , June 2010

Placental vascular lesion differences in pregnancy-induced hypertension and normotensive fetal growth restriction

Presented at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

  • Michal Kovo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Michal Kovo, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, PO Box 5, Holon 58100, Israel
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  • Letizia Schreiber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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  • Avi Ben-Haroush, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Suzanna Wand, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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  • Abraham Golan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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  • Jacob Bar, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel

Received 12 July 2009 ,Revised 20 October 2009 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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 Cite this article as: Kovo M, Schreiber L, Ben-Haroush A, et al. Placental vascular lesion differences in pregnancy-induced hypertension and normotensive fetal growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:561.e1-5.

 Authorship and contribution to the article is limited to the 6 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

 The first 2 authors contributed equally to this article.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00023-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.012

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 6 , Pages 561.e1-561.e5 , June 2010

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