The midgestational rabbit as a model for the creation of membrane defects after needle fetoscopy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1263-1267

  Gratacós, Eduard ^b   Yamamoto, Hirotoshi ^b   Papadopulos, Nikolaos A ^b   Adriaenssens, Tom ^b   Phlips, Thomas ^b   Lerut, Toni E ^b   Deprest, Jan A ^a  

^a Centre for Surgical Technologies   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amnion; Chorion; Fetal membranes; Fetoscopy; Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033002990     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70626-5     Document Type: Article

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