Timing of fetal meconium absorption by amnionic macrophages

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Funai, Edmund F ^a   Labowsky, Anna T ^b   Drewes, Caroline E ^b   Kliman, Harvey J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meconium; Pigment laden macrophages; Placenta; Transport kinetics

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MECONIUM; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ABSORPTION; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; COLOR; DEFECATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPHAGES; MECONIUM; PLACENTA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58349092768     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103028     Document Type: Article

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