Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 26-28 , March 2008

Regulation of Trophoblast Invasion — A Workshop Report

  • M. Knöfler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Fetal–Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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  • D.G. Simmons

      Affiliations

    • Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • G.E. Lash

      Affiliations

    • Uterine Cell Signalling Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    • ,
  • L.K. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • D.R. Armant

      Affiliations

    • C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 275 East Hancock Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1405, USA. Tel.: +1 313 577 1748; fax: +1 313 577 8554.

,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00269-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.008

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 26-28 , March 2008

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