Thrombosis of the umbilical vessels revisited. An observational study of 317 consecutive autopsies at a single institution

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Avagliano, Laura ^a   Marconi, Anna Maria ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a   Barbera, Antonino ^b   Bulfamante, Gaetano ^a  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Placental basal plate changes; Placental histology; Thrombosis of the umbilical vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VESSEL THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953287049     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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