Very low birthweight infant's placenta and its relation to pregnancy and fetal characteristics

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-430

  Hansen, Anne R ^a   Collins, Margaret H ^b   Genest, David ^c   Heller, Debra ^d   Schwarz, Susan ^e   Banagon, Petra ^f   Allred, Elizabeth N ^a   Leviton, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Preterm; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 0033853585     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240010043     Document Type: Article

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