Spontaneous Intrauterine Umbilical Artery Thrombosis Leading to Severe Fetal Growth Restriction

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Klaritsch, P ^a   Haeusler, M ^a   Karpf, E ^a   Schlembach, D ^a   Lang, U ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy; Intrauterine growth restriction; Intrauterine thrombosis; Prenatal diagnosis; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION VILLUS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDANGIOPATHIA OBLITERANS; FEMALE; FETAL THROMBOTIC VASCULOPATHY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPE; MICROSCOPY; NULLIPARA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS INTRAUTERINE UMBILICAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 40949134587     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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