Meconium-Induced umbilical cord vascular necrosis and ulceration: A potential link between the placenta and poor pregnancy outcome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 760-766

  Altshuler, Geoffrey ^a   Arizawa, Masayoshi ^a   Molnar Nadasdy, Gyongyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECONIUM; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCER; UMBILICAL CORD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; NECROSIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULCER; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0026587716     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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