Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 289-294 , April 2010

Aldosterone and Cortisol Acutely Stimulate Na+/H+ Exchanger Activity in the Syncytiotrophoblast of the Human Placenta: Effect of Fetal Sex

,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.025

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 289-294 , April 2010

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