Meconium aspiration in the midtrimester fetus: An autopsy study

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 438-442

  Mortensen, Elin ^a   Kearney, Michael Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fetus; Lung; Meconium aspiration; Midtrimester; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 76149146367     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-05-0464.1     Document Type: Article

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