Are animal models relevant to key aspects of human parturition?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

• Publication date

  2009-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1152/ajpregu.00153.2009PMID 19515978
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