Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 11 , Pages 1141-1146 , November 2007

Oxygen Tension Directs the Differentiation Pathway of Human Cytotrophoblast Cells

  • J.C. Robins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML #0526, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 274 1122x8144.
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  • A. Heizer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML #0526, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • A. Hardiman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML #0526, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • M. Hubert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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  • S. Handwerger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

,Accepted 11 May 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00126-9

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.05.006

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 11 , Pages 1141-1146 , November 2007

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