Umbilical cord insertion to the lower uterine segment is a risk factor for vasa previa

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 358-360

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Matsuoka, Ryu ^a   Ichizuka, Kiyotake ^a   Fujikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Placenta previa; Ultrasound; Umbilical cord; Vasa previa; Velamentous cord insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS; VASA PREVIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS;

EID: 34547957430     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103296     Document Type: Article

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