Fused umbilical arteries near placental cord insertion

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 765-767

  Fujikura, Toshio ^a,b  

^a Life Extension Research Institute   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fused umbilical arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUSED UMBILICAL ARTERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0037341404     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.165     Document Type: Article

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