Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 222-229 , March 2010

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are altered in pathologies of the human placenta: Gestational diabetes mellitus, intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia

  • S.J. Holdsworth-Carson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
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  • R. Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • ,
  • A. Mitton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • ,
  • C. Whitehead

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
    • ,
  • G.E. Rice

      Affiliations

    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia
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  • M. Permezel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • ,
  • M. Lappas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Mercy Perinatal Research Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
    • Translational Proteomics, Baker IDI, Prahran, Victoria 3004, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne. Mercy Hospital for Women, Level 4/163 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.

,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.009

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 222-229 , March 2010

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