Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 1009-1015 , December 2008

Time-Course Analyses Addressing the Acquisition of DBA Lectin Reactivity in Mouse Lymphoid Organs and Uterus During the First Week of Pregnancy

  • J. Bianco

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry, Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMP, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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  • K. Stephenson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6
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  • A.T. Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytochemistry and Immunocytochemistry, Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMP, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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  • B.A. Croy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Room 924 Botterell Hall, Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6. Tel.: +1 613 533 28591; fax: +1 613 533 2566.

,Accepted 10 September 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00310-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.09.007

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 1009-1015 , December 2008

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