Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 36-41 , March 2008

Placental Growth Hormone-Related Proteins and Prolactin-Related Proteins

  • D. Haig

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,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.09.010

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 36-41 , March 2008

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