Placental weight and its ratio to birth weight in normal pregnancy at Songkhlanagarind Hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-137

  Janthanaphan, Manop ^a   Kor Anantakul, Ounjai ^a,b   Geater, Alan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Placental weight; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THAILAND; ADOLESCENT; APGAR SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PROBABILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; THAILAND;

EID: 33646009673     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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