European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , September 2007

Pre-eclampsia-associated alterations in decorin, biglycan and versican of the umbilical cord vein wall

  • Tomasz Gogiel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Academy of Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2, 15-089 Białystok-1, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 85 748 55 79; fax: +48 85 748 54 16.
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  • Zofia Galewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Academy of Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2, 15-089 Białystok-1, Poland
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  • Lech Romanowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Academy of Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2, 15-089 Białystok-1, Poland
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  • Stefan Jaworski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology, Medical Academy of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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  • Edward Bańkowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Academy of Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2, 15-089 Białystok-1, Poland

Received 10 April 2006 ,Revised 30 August 2006 ,Accepted 5 October 2006.

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PII: S0301-2115(06)00521-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.10.003

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , September 2007

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