Clinical causes and aspects of placental insufficiency

The Placenta and Human Developmental Programming

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 114-125

  Cetin, Irene ^a   Taricco, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 79960469673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511933806.011     Document Type: Chapter

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