Placenta
Volume 28 , Pages S23-S32 , April 2007

Dual In Vitro Perfusion of an Isolated Cotyledon as a Model to Study the Implication of Changes in the Third Trimester Placenta on Preeclampsia

  • S. Di Santo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Inselspital, Effinger Strasse 102, CH 3010 Berne, Switzerland
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  • R. Sager

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Inselspital, Effinger Strasse 102, CH 3010 Berne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • A.-C. Andres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Research, University Berne, Berne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • S. Guller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • H. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Inselspital, Effinger Strasse 102, CH 3010 Berne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 (0)31 961 7430.

,Accepted 15 January 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00012-4

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.01.009

Placenta
Volume 28 , Pages S23-S32 , April 2007

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