Are placental lakes of any clinical significance?

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 685-690

  Thompson, M O ^a   Vines, S K ^b   Aquilina, J ^c   Wathen, N C ^c   Harrington, K ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; THICKNESS; UTERUS DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036728439     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0837     Document Type: Article

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