Chorionic gonadotropin signaling at the maternal-fetal interface

The Endometrium: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 286-295

  Sherwin, J Robert A ^a   Sharkey, Andrew M ^b   Fazleabas, Asgerally T ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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