Cord coiling, umbilical cord insertion and placental shape in an unselected cohort delivering at term: Relationship with common obstetric outcomes

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 963-968

  Pathak, S ^a   Hook, E ^b   Hackett, G ^a   Murdoch, E ^c   Sebire, N J ^d   Jessop, F ^b   Lees, C ^a  

^a Cambridge Universiy Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coiling index; Cord centrality; Digital imaging; Eccentricity; Gestational diabetes; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy induced hypertension; SGA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049271757     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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