Effect of physiologic perfusion-fixation on the morphometrically evaluated dimensions of the term placental cotyledon

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 166-171

  Luckhardt, Michael ^b   Leiser, Rudolf ^b   Kingdom, John ^a   Malek, Antoine ^b   Sager, Ruth ^b   Kaisig, Christoph ^b   Schneider, Henning ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept or Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*

Author keywords

perfusion fixation; Placenta; stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARIES; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 1842351052     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1071-5576(96)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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