Allometric studies on growth and development of the human placenta: Growth of tissue compartments and diffusive conductances in relation to placental volume and fetal mass

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-794

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Diffusive conductance; Fetal mass; Placental composition; Placental volume

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE SECTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33744468580     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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