Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 784-789 , September 2008

Expression of Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor in Term Chorionic Villous Explants and Its Role in Trophoblast Survival

  • A.N. Imudia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • B.A. Kilburn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • A. Petkova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • S.S. Edwin

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • R. Romero

      Affiliations

    • Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • D.R. Armant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 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. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, CS Mott Center, 275 East Hancock Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1405, USA. Tel.: +1 313 577 1748; fax: +1 313 577 8554.

,Accepted 27 June 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00204-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.06.013

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 784-789 , September 2008

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