Microstructure and mechanics of the chorioamnion membrane with an emphasis on fracture properties

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1101, Issue , 2007, Pages 166-185

  Calvin, Steven E ^a,b   Oyen, Michelle L ^b,c  

^a Allina Hospitals & Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorioamnion; Mechanical rupture; Membrane; PPROM; SEM

Indexed keywords

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ANATOMY; CHORION; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CHORION; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34250683792     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1389.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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