Association between pulmonary hypoplasia and hypoplasia of arcuate nucleus in stillbirth

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 328-332

  Matturri, Luigi ^a   Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^a   Minoli, Iolanda ^b   Ottaviani, Giulia ^a   Rubino, Barbara ^a   Cappellini, Anna ^c   Rossi, Lino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Ctr Infant Nutr Prevent I   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHUS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUE; STILLBIRTH; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0038480635     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210900     Document Type: Article

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