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The Role of Mitochondria in Syncytiotrophoblast Cells: Bioenergetics and Steroidogenesis

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Federico Martinez, Rebeca Milan, Oscar Flores-Herrera, Sofia Olvera-Sanchez, Erika Gomez-Chang and Maria Teresa Espinosa-Garcia

Submitted: 14 April 2011 Published: 07 March 2012

DOI: 10.5772/32938

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Recent Advances in Research on the Human Placenta

Edited by Jing Zheng

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Written By

Federico Martinez, Rebeca Milan, Oscar Flores-Herrera, Sofia Olvera-Sanchez, Erika Gomez-Chang and Maria Teresa Espinosa-Garcia

Submitted: 14 April 2011 Published: 07 March 2012