Hu-FEDS: In search of 'universal self'

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 985-987

  Clark, Gary F ^a   Patankar, Manish S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031266884     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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