In its early life, the placenta is called a chorion because it is formed from the chorionic villi - finger-like growths which develop on the fertilised egg to help it implant in the wall of the uterus ...

The transplacental passage of thyroid hormones from the maternal circulation to the fetal circulation within the human hemochorial placenta is important for normal fetal development, particularly the ...

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