Placenta
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 67-74 , January 1995

Selenoprotein p expression in liver, uterus and placenta during late pregnancy

  • J.W. Kasik

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    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence should be addressed at: R-249, MHMCI CWR U, 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA
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  • E.J. Rice

,Accepted 9 August 1994.

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