Functions of the placenta

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 124-127

  Donnelly, Leo ^a   Campling, Gillian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

function; physiology; placenta

Indexed keywords

CHORION VILLUS; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EXCRETION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; NUTRITION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 40849136612     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.01.005     Document Type: Review

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