Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 429-436 , May 2007

Expression and Cellular Localisation of Chloride Intracellular Channel 3 in Human Placenta and Fetal Membranes

  • T.T. Money

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia
    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
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  • R.G. King

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia
    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
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  • M.H. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia
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  • J.L. Stevenson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
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  • B. Kalionis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia
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  • J.J.H.M. Erwich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • M.A. Huisman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • A. Timmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • U. Hiden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria
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  • G. Desoye

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria
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  • N.M. Gude

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, 132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9344 2637; fax: +61 3 9347 2472.

,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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PII: S0143-4004(06)00202-5

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.08.002

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 429-436 , May 2007

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