Human fetal-placental weight ratio in normal singleton near-term pregnancies

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-157

  Lurie, Samuel ^a   Feinstein, Michael ^a   Mamet, Yaakov ^a  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetus; Placenta; Placenta growth and development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032879240     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010163     Document Type: Article

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