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Chorionic villi

Known as: Chorionic villus, Villus, Placental, Villi, Chorionic 
The threadlike, vascular projections of the chorion. Chorionic villi may be free or embedded within the DECIDUA forming the site for exchange of… 
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Blood supply aspectsMicrobiologicalPlacentaProcess of secretion

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Trophoblast origin of hCG isoforms: cytotrophoblasts are the primary source of choriocarcinoma-like hCG
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Adaptive angiogenesis in placentas of heavy smokers
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The differential expression of hepatocyte growth factor and met in human placenta.
Met is the tyrosine kinase receptor for the ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Met/HGF plays an important role in epithelial… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
MATERNAL UNIPARENTAL DISOMY FOR CHROMOSOME 2 IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONFINED PLACENTAL MOSAICISM FOR TRISOMY 2 AND SEVERE INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION
We report a liveborn infant with severe intrauterine growth retardation and renal failure, delivered following detection of non… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Maternal smoking inhibits early human cytotrophoblast differentiation.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, inhibin, and activin in human placenta: evidence for a common cellular localization.
The human placenta produces several hypophysiotropic factors that participate in the control of local hormone secretion. In… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Degradation of extracellular matrix by the trophoblastic cells of first‐trimester human placentas
First‐trimester human placental villi were cultured on 3H‐leucine‐labeled extracellular matrices isolated from the PF HR9 and PYS… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Ultrastructure of the Human Placenta at Term: Observations on Placentas from Newborn Children of Smoking and Non‐Smoking Mothers
Abstract. The placenta was chosen as a possible model for evaluating the vascular injury and tissue injury provoked by tobacco… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Studies of the human trophoblast in tissue culture. 1. Cultural methods and histochemical staining.
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Observations on human chorionic villi using the electron microscope.
For electron microscopy chorionic villi were fixed in 2 % osmic acid for 24 hr., washed in several changes of distilled water… 
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