Pathological evidence of prolonged umbilical cord encirclement as a cause of fetal death

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 585-588

  Wang, Guangsheng ^a   Bove, Kevin E ^b   Stanek, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Stillbirth; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032447279     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994065     Document Type: Article

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