Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2007

Georg Schmorl on Trophoblasts in the Maternal Circulation

  • O. Lapaire

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • W. Holzgreve

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • J.C. Oosterwijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen University, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • R. Brinkhaus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • D.W. Bianchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Genetics, 750 Washington Street, Box 394, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Tel.: +1 617 636 1468; fax: +1 617 636 1469.

,Accepted 7 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.02.004

Placenta
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