Comparative morphological differences between umbilical cords from chronic hypertensive and preeclamptic pregnancies

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 177-186

  Inan, Sevinc ^a   Sanci, Muzaffer ^b   Can, Deniz ^b   Vatansever, Seda ^a   Oztekin, Ozgur ^b   Tinar, Sivekar ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertensive induced pregnancy; Morphometry; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0036688105     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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