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Chapter 14 - Chronic Inflammatory Lesions Sometimes Associated with Villitis of Unknown Etiology (VUE)

from Section 5 - Inflammatory Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2018

By
Suzanne M. Jacques  and
Faisal Qureshi
Edited by
Raymond W. Redline ,
Theonia K. Boyd  and
Drucilla J. Roberts
Raymond W. Redline
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Theonia K. Boyd
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston
Drucilla J. Roberts
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Placental and Gestational Pathology , pp. 145 - 151
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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