Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 590-598 , July 2009

Ontogeny of Placental Structural Development and Expression of the Renin–Angiotensin System and 11β-HSD2 Genes in the Rabbit

  • A.M. McArdle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • K.M. Denton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • D. Maduwegedera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • K. Moritz

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • R.L. Flower

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • C.T. Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 83033118; fax: +61 8 83034099.

,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.006

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 590-598 , July 2009

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