No Correlation Between Ultrasound Placental Grading at 31-34 Weeks of Gestation and a Surrogate Estimate of Organ Function at Term Obtained by Stereological Analysis

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 726-730

  Yin, T T ^a   Loughna, P ^a   Ong, S S ^b   Padfield, J ^a   Mayhew, T M ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grannum grade; Oxygen diffusive conductance; Placenta; Stereology; Villous membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CHORION VILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANNUM GRADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATURITY; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; THICKNESS; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARIES; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 67650988887     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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