Evaluation of the placenta in a stillborn fetus to estimate the time of death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Marchetti, Daniela ^a   Belviso, Maura ^a   Marino, Marta ^a   Gaudio, Rosa ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic autopsy; Stillborn; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS; DELIVERY; DESQUAMATION; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL MORTALITY; STILLBIRTH; TIME OF DEATH; UMBILICAL CORD; CALCINOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FETAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

CALCINOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL STEM CELLS; FETUS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34147166050     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000257416.68211.20     Document Type: Article

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