Absent end diastolic flow in umbilical artery and umbilical cord thrombosis at term of pregnancy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Larciprete, Giovanni ^a   Di Pierro, Giuseppe ^b   Giacomello, Francesco ^b   Santacroce, Criselda ^a   Valensise, Herbert ^b   Arduini, Domenico ^b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal distress; Meconium; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MECONIUM ILEUS; MECONIUM STAINING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD VASCULAR NECROSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0037833391     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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