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Research Article

Association of Aberrant Methylation at Promoter Regions of Tumor Suppressor Genes with Placental Pathologies

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Pages 767-787 | Received 22 Apr 2015, Accepted 29 Feb 2016, Published online: 23 Jun 2016

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