Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 20-25 , March 2008

Shifting Concepts of the Fetal–Maternal Interface: A Historical Perspective

,Accepted 19 September 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00232-9

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.09.006

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 20-25 , March 2008