Elizabeth M. Ramsey and the evolution of ideas of uteroplacental blood flow and placental gas exchange

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-133

  Longo, Lawrence D ^a   Meschia, Giacomo ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryology; Placenta; Pregnancy; Respiratory gas exchange

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; FETUS BLOOD; GAS EXCHANGE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0034111395     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(00)00259-1     Document Type: Review

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