Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , February 2007

Expression and Distribution of Notch Protein Members in Human Placenta Throughout Pregnancy

  • M. De Falco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Section of Evolutionary and Comparative Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • L. Cobellis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • D. Giraldi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Clinical Anatomy, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • A. Mastrogiacomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • A. Perna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Clinical Anatomy, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • N. Colacurci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • L. Miele

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Cancer Center, University of Illinois, 833 South Wood Street, room 355, Chicago, 60612-7231 IL, USA
    • ,
  • A. De Luca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Clinical Anatomy, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • Laboratory “C”, Center for Experimental Research, Regina Elena Institute, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Clinical Anatomy, Second University of Naples, Via L. Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy. Tel.: +39 081 5666008; fax: +39 081 458225.

,Accepted 17 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.03.010

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , February 2007

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