Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 148-157 , February 2008

Impaired Placentation in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

  • F. Gundogan

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • G. Elwood

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • L. Longato

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • M. Tong

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • A. Feijoo

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • R.I. Carlson

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • J.R. Wands

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • S.M. de la Monte

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Pierre Galletti Research Building, Rhode Island Hospital, 55 Claverick Street, Room 419, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Tel.: +1 401 444 7364; fax: +1 401 444 2939.

,Accepted 10 October 2007.

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 Supported by AA-02666, AA-02169, AA-11431, AA-12908, AA-16126 and K08AA016783 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0143-4004(07)00251-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.002

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 148-157 , February 2008