Trophoblast invasion in pre-eclampsia and other pregnancy disorders

Pre-Eclampsia: Etiology and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-19

  Pijnenborg, Robert ^a   Vercruysse, Lisbeth ^a   Hanssens, Myriam ^a   Van Assche, F André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545634.002     Document Type: Chapter

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