The use of pregnancy serum to obtain trophoblastic cell cultures.
A method for obtaining trophoblastic cell cultures from first-trimester human placental villi is described. The essential feature of the method is the use of serum from a pregnant woman in the culture medium. Using this technique, pure cultures of trophoblastic cells are produced in 88 per cent of cases.
Ungár
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Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Semmelweis University, Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Csonka
E
E
Kazy
Z
Z
Siklós
P
P
Hercz
P
P
D001769:Blood; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002824:Chorionic Villi; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014327:Trophoblasts
D003470:Culture Media