Pregnancies complicated by retained placenta: Sex ratio and relation to pre-eclampsia

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 577-580

  Khong, T Y ^a,b   Staples, A ^b   Chan, A S L ^a   Keane, R J ^c   Wilkinson, C S ^a  

^a B ^*  (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETAINED PLACENTA; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0031767435     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)90017-0     Document Type: Article

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