Hofbauer Cell Activation and its increased Glucose‐6‐Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Second Trimester‐spontaneous Abortion: an Ultrastructural Dual Staining Enzyme‐cytochemical Study

PROBLEM:  While activated/phagocytosing phagocytes infiltrating to the chorioamnion are considered to be one of the causal agents of preterm labor onset, whether placental villous macrophages (Hofbauer cells) are activated/phagocytosing in this condition is not known.

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