Secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin in superfused young placental tissue exposed to cadmium

Fühner-Wieland's Sammlung von Vergiftungsfällen - Tập 66 Số 2 - Trang 95-99 - 1992
William Boadi1, Revital Shurtz-Swirski2, Eytan R. Barnea2, Jacob Urbach3, Joseph M. Brandes3, E. Philo1, S. Yannai1
1Department of Food Engineering & Biotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2Feto-Placental Endocrine Unit, Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3Department ob Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Israel

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