Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 579-584 , July 2009

Endocannabinoid System and Nitric Oxide are Involved in the Deleterious Effects of Lipopolysaccharide on Murine Decidua

,Accepted 2 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.003

Placenta
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