Complete chorioamniotic membrane separation: Case report and review of the literature

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Lewi, Liesbeth ^a   Hanssens, Myriam ^a   Spitz, Bernard ^a   Deprest, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chorioamniotic membrane separation; Fetal surgery; Intrauterine fetal death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIOTIC MEMBRANE SEPARATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; CHORION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0344628768     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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