Anthropometry of fetal vasculature in the chorionic plate

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 698-706

  Gordon, Zoya ^a   Elad, D ^a   Almog, R ^b   Hazan, Y ^b,c   Jaffa, A J ^a,b   Eytan, O ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arterial network; Blood vessels; Dichotomous and monopodial patterns; Placenta; Vascular corrosion casting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHORION; EMBRYONIC, FETAL AND PLACENTAL STRUCTURES; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ARTERIES; CHORION; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 36549037282     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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