Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 178-185 , March 2010

Differences in gene expression dependent on sampling site in placental tissue of fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction

  • A.A. Tzschoppe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loschgestr. 15, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • E. Struwe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loschgestr. 15, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • H.G. Dörr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loschgestr. 15, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • T.W. Goecke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
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  • M.W. Beckmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
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  • R.L. Schild

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Diakonische Dienste Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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  • J. Dötsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loschgestr. 15, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 9131 85 33117; fax: +49 9131 85 33706.

,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.002

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 178-185 , March 2010

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