Ultrasound evaluation of the amount of Wharton's jelly and the umbilical coiling index

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Kurita, Minoru ^a   Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Mikoshiba, Takao ^a   Purwosunu, Yuditiya ^a   Matsuoka, Ryu ^a   Ichizuka, Kiyotake ^a   Sekizawa, Akhiko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coiling index; Hypercoiled cord; Umbilical cord; Wharton's jelly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 70350755587     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000238118     Document Type: Article

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