Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 4-9 , March 2008

IFPA Award in Placentology Lecture – Characteristics and Significance of Trophoblast Giant Cells

  • M. Hemberger

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,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00271-8

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.007

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 4-9 , March 2008

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