Aging of the placenta

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Fox, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DNA SYNTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MESENCHYME; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031429106     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.3.F171     Document Type: Review

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