hCG physiology.

Placenta

USA hCG Reference Service, University of New Mexico, Division of Women's Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, G71 MSC10 5580, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2013

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