Full-term birth weight and placental morphology at high and low altitude

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Khalid, M E M ^a   Ali, M E ^a   Ali, K Z M ^a  

^a Abha Medical School   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Birth weight; Placenta

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARY; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNCYTIUM;

EID: 0030965967     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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