Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , November 2009

Preeclampsia—a placenta developmental biology perspective

  • Debra Goldman-Wohl

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers, PO Box 24035, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. Tel.: +972 2 5844111; fax: +972 2 5815370.
    • ,
  • Simcha Yagel

Received 20 January 2009 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 1 May 2009.

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PII: S0165-0378(09)00097-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.05.002

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , November 2009

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