Intra-uterine fetal brain death: Report of two cases and review of the literature

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-38

  Yogev, Yariv ^a   Ben Haroush, Avi ^a   Chen, Rony ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain death; Fetal; Intra uterine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0037057961     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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