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. 2021 Mar;27(3):489-490.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.09.049. Epub 2020 Oct 3.

SARS-CoV-2 ACE-receptor detection in the placenta throughout pregnancy

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SARS-CoV-2 ACE-receptor detection in the placenta throughout pregnancy

Carole Gengler et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Mar.
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Diffuse membranous staining of villous cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast cells (arrows) with monoclonal Anti-ACE2 antibody (clone CL4035), dilution 1/1000 in a COVID-19 positive mother, 19 weeks of amenorrhea.

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