Relationship between the extent of histologic villous mineralization and stillbirth in aneuploid and euploid fetuses

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 290-293

  Pierce, Brian T ^a   Martin, Laura S ^b   Hume Jr , Roderick F ^b   Calhoun, Byron C ^a,c   Muir Padilla, Jeannie ^c   Salafia, Carolyn M ^d  

^a Darnell Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^b Rockford Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Placenta; Stillbirth; Villous mineralization

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MINERALIZATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC VILLI; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE DELETION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MINERALS; PREGNANCY; TRISOMY;

EID: 0037057131     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(02)00167-3     Document Type: Article

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