Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 347-350 , April 2010

New technology for investigating trophoblast function

  • R.J. Keogh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Corner Grattan Street and Flemington Road, Parkville 3052 Victoria, Australia
    • University of Melbourne, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Corner Grattan Street and Flemington Road, Parkville 3052 Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationPregnancy Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Corner Grattan Street and Flemington Road, Parkville 3052 Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 8345 3749; fax: +61 3 8345 3746.

,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00087-1

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.02.008

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 347-350 , April 2010

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