The placenta: a multifaceted, transient organ
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The placenta: a multifaceted, transient organ.
The placenta is arguably the most important organ of the body, but paradoxically the most poorly understood. During its transient existence, it performs actions that are later taken on by diverse separate organs, including the lungs, liver, gut, kidneys and endocrine glands. Its principal function is to supply the fetus, and in particular, the fetal brain, with oxygen and nutrients. The placent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0066