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Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is a glycoprotein hormone normally secreted by trophoblastic cells of the placenta during pregnancy, which signals the differentiation of the trophoblast from the remainder of the blastocyst.
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Čemerikić, B., Genbačev, O. (1989). Tissue Explant Technique in the Study of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) Production In Vitro . In: Genbačev, O., Klopper, A., Beaconsfield, R. (eds) Placenta as a Model and a Source. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0823-2_10
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