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There is no organ that can be compared with the placenta when we consider it as a source. Whether delivered as an abortus or at full term, we hold in our hands a mass of diverse tissue from which we can derive inter alia, nucleic acids, lectins, growth factors and hormones.
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Genbačev, O., Klopper, A., Beaconsfield, R. (1989). Editorial Introduction. 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_14
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