Absolute shortness of the umbilical cord and hypoplasia of the arcuate nucleus and of the parabrachial/Kölliker-Fuse complex in a case of sudden intrauterine fetal death

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-114

  Mingrone, Rosaria ^a   Fulcheri, Ezio ^b   Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a Department of Surgical Reconstructive and Diagnostic Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LETTER; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 71949106949     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.07.004     Document Type: Letter

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