The extracellular matrix of the human fetal membranes: Structure and function

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Bryant Greenwood, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CHILDBIRTH; ELASTICITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS MEMBRANE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0031938223     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)90092-3     Document Type: Article

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