Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 201-209 , February 2008

Vascular Addressins in the Uterus and Pancreas of Type 1 Diabetic Mice in Early Pregnancy

  • H. Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515041, China
    • ,
  • S.D. Burke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • ,
  • B.A. Croy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Stuart Street, Room 924 Botterell Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 533 2859; fax: +1 613 533 2566.

,Accepted 10 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.003

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 201-209 , February 2008

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