Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 507-515 , June 2009

Functional Expression of the Human Neonatal Fc-receptor, hFcRn, in Isolated Cultured Human Syncytiotrophoblasts

  • R. Szlauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Present address: Department of Urology and Andrology, Paracelsus Medical School, D-5020 Salzburg, Austria.
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  • I. Ellinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • S. Haider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • L. Saleh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • B.L. Busch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Present address: Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, D-50829, Germany.
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  • M. Knöfler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • R. Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40 400 5127; fax: +43 1 40 400 5130.

,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.03.009

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 507-515 , June 2009

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