Innate immune defences in the human uterus during pregnancy.

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Published in Placenta on July 30, 2007

Authors

A E King1, R W Kelly, J-M Sallenave, A D Bocking, J R G Challis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. aking6@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

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