Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 429-435 , May 2008

Evaluation of Placental Protein Modifications in Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

  • G. Mattace Raso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+39 081 678423; fax: +39 081 678403.
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  • G. Bianco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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  • E. Esposito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
    • IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy
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  • A. Iacono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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  • R. Meli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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  • G. Autore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

,Accepted 7 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.02.002

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 429-435 , May 2008

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