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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
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Adaptive angiogenesis in placentas of heavy smokers
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Maternal smoking inhibits early human cytotrophoblast differentiation.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Chromosome errors as a cause of spontaneous abortion: the relative importance of maternal age and obstetric history.
1985
1985
Direct fetal chromosome studies from chorionic villi
An easy and reproducible technique for direct fetal chromosome analysis after chorionic biopsy is described. Very high colchicine… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Chromosome analysis of first trimester chorionic villus biopsies Prepared by a maceration technique
A technique for the culture of chorionic villi for cytogenetic studies is described which is simple, reliable, rapid, and… 
1981
1981
Selective fetal malnutrition: the effect of ethanol and acetaldehyde upon in vitro uptake of alpha amino isobutyric acid by human placenta.
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
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The effects of insulin on human placental glycogenesis.
The in vitro effects of insulin on human placental glycogen, glycogen synthetase and glycogen phosphorylase have been studied in… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Studies of the human trophoblast in tissue culture. 1. Cultural methods and histochemical staining.
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Histochemical age-changes in normal and pathological placental villi (hydatidiform mole, eclampsia).
IN TWO PREVIOUS PAPERS Dempsey and Wislocki (‘44, ‘45) presented observations on the occurrence and significance of lipoids… 
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