Velamentous cord insertion: Significance of prenatal detection to predict perinatal complications

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Matsuoka, Ryu ^a   Ichizuka, Kiyotake ^a   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Placenta previa; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Umbilical cord; Variable deceleration; Vasa previa; Velamentous cord insertion

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS MORTALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; VASA PREVIA; VELAMENTOUS CORD INSERTION;

EID: 33645749740     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60185-6     Document Type: Review

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