Congenital oral mucosal abnormalities in true umbilical cord knots

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-38

  De Felice, Claudio ^a   Bianciardi, Giorgio ^b   Parrini, Stefano ^b   Laurini, Ricardo N ^e   Latini, Giuseppe ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Ospedale Perrino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Complexity; Fractal geometry; Frenulum; Labial frenum, abnormalities; Umbilical cord, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIP MALFORMATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABIAL FRENUM; LINGUAL FRENUM; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; TORSION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 4043183943     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077333     Document Type: Article

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