Disappearance of meconium pigment in placental specimens on exposure to light

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 711-714

  Morhaime, Jacquelyn L ^a   Park, Kay ^a   Benirschke, Kurt ^b   Baergen, Rebecca N ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MACROPHAGE; MECONIUM; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHTING; MACROPHAGES; MECONIUM; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0037566480     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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