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. 2009 Mar;30(Suppl):43–48. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.003

Table 1.

A summary of changes observed in pregnancies complicated by IUGR and IUGR + PE compared to normal controls.

Variable IUGR IUGR + PE
Spiral artery conversion ↓↓ [3,6]
Spiral artery atherosis ↑↑ [2]
Villous vol. at term ↓↓ ↓↓ [15]
Birth weight ↓↓ [13]
Hypoxia-activated genes Normal [49]
Placental NDRG1 expression ↑↑ [48]
DNA damage [45]
Syncytiotrophoblast apoptosis ↑↑ [28–30]
Maternal serum STBM Normal [32]
Maternal serum sFLT Normal [52]
↑↑ [53]
Maternal serum PlGF [52]
Maternal urinary PlGF Normal ↓↓ [54]
Maternal serum cell-free fetal DNA Normal [55]
Maternal serum leptin Normal [56]
Maternal serum TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8 Normal ↑↑ [57]