Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2007

Manufacture of a Cell-free Amnion Matrix Scaffold that Supports Amnion Cell Outgrowth In Vitro

  • C.B. Portmann-Lanz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • N. Ochsenbein-Kölble

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • K. Marquardt

      Affiliations

    • The Central Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • U. Lüthi

      Affiliations

    • The Central Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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  • A. Zisch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • R. Zimmermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 1 255 51 01; fax: +41 1 255 44 30.

,Accepted 10 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.01.004

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2007

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