Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 133-138 , February 2007

Identification of Arginase in Human Placental Villi

  • T. Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5803 5322.
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  • T. Harada

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • H. Koi

      Affiliations

    • Kameda Medical Center, 929, Higasi-cho, Kamogawa City, Chiba 296-8602, Japan
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  • T. Kubota

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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  • H. Azuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosystem Regulation, Institute of Biomaterials & Bioengineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, 2-3-10, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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  • T. Aso

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Reproductive Medicine, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan

,Accepted 30 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.03.015

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 133-138 , February 2007

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