Decidualization

Placental Bed Disorders: Basic Science and its Translation to Obstetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 29-40

  Cloke, Brianna ^a   Fusi, Luca ^a   Brosens, Jan ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926961371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511750847.006     Document Type: Chapter

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