Clinical significance of placental examination in perinatal medicine

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 255-264

  Roberts, Drucilla J ^a   Oliva, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital infections; Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy; Perinatal pathology; Placental pathology

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CHILD CARE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 33745073530     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600676349     Document Type: Review

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