Placenta
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 41-56 , January 1995

Trophoblast differentiation during formation of anchoring villi in a model of the early human placenta in vitro

  • L. Vićovac
    • ,
  • C.J.P. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • J.D. Aplin

      Affiliations

    • INEP, University of Belgrade, 11080 Zemun, Yugoslavia
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence should be addressed at Research Floor, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 OJH, UK
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

,Accepted 16 September 1994.

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Placenta
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