Defective spiral artery remodeling

Placental Bed Disorders: Basic Science and its Translation to Obstetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-21

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Khong, T Yee ^b  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 84927002337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511750847.004     Document Type: Chapter

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