Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , April 2010

Erythropoietin Ameliorates Damage to the Placenta and Fetal Liver Induced by Exposure to Lipopolysaccharide

  • F. Dijkstra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • M. Jozwiak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • R. De Matteo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • J. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • N. Hale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • R. Harding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • S. Rees

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 83445797; fax: +61 3 93475219.

,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.028

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , April 2010

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