ATG16L1 governs placental infection risk and preterm birth in mice and women

JCI Insight

Volumn 1, Issue 21, 2016, Pages

  Cao, Bin ^a   Macones, Colin ^a   Mysorekar, Indira U ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85019383903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23793708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.86654     Document Type: Article

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