Prenatal assessment of Wharton's jelly in umbilical cords with single artery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-46

  Raio, L ^a,d   Ghezzi, F ^b   Di Naro, E ^c   Franchi, M ^b   Bruhwiler H ^a   Luscher K P ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Single umbilical artery; Ultrasound; Whartons's jelly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032872143     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14010042.x     Document Type: Article

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